Qui-ēs'çence or Qui-ēs'çen-cy, n.

n. [Lat. quiescentia, from qui-escens; Fr. quiescence. See infra.]

1. The state or quality of being quiescent; absence of motion; rest; repose.
2. Rest of the mind; a state of the mind free from agitation or emotion.
3. (Gram.) Silence; the having no sound, as of a letter.