Associations to the word «Quietus»

Wiktionary

QUIETUS, noun. A stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity; especially: death.
QUIETUS, noun. Final settlement (as of a debt).

Dictionary definition

QUIETUS, noun. Euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep".

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates