Quietus

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Something that serves to suppress, check, or eliminate.
  • n. Release from life; death.
  • n. A final discharge, as of a duty or debt.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity; especially: death.
  • n. Final settlement (as of a debt).
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A final discharge of an account; a final settlement; a quittance.
  • n. Hence A finishing or ending in general; stoppage.
  • n. A severe blow; a “settler.”
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    death   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    death   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
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