Words Like QUIETUS

We have put together a list of words that are similar to QUIETUS.

3 Alternative Words Similar to quietus

1 Rest Noun      Synonym Words Like Rest
2 Sleep Noun      Synonym Words Like Sleep
3 Death Noun      Synonym Words Like Death

1 examples of quietus

1 they had to put their family pet to sleep

10 definitions of quietus

1 Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death.
2 euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
3 Something that serves to suppress, check, or eliminate.
4 Release from life; death.
5 A final discharge, as of a duty or debt.
6 A final discharge of an account; a final settlement; a quittance.
7 Hence A finishing or ending in general; stoppage.
8 A severe blow; a “settler.”
9 A stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity; especially: death.
10 Final settlement (as of a debt).
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