Qui'et-ism, n.
n. [Fr. quiétisme, Sp. & It. quietismo.]
- Peace or tranquillity of mind; apathy; dispassion; indisturbance; inaction.
- (Eccl. Hist.) The system of the Quietists, who maintained that religion consists in an internal rest or repose of the mind, employed in contemplating God, and submitting to his will.