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Pronunciation : Qui*e"tus
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [LL. quietus quit, discharged, L., at rest, quiet, dead. See Quiet, a., and cf. Quit, a.]
Definition : Defn: Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death. When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913