Qui-ē'tus1, n.
n. [Lat. quietus. See QUIET, a.] Rest; repose; death; hence, a final discharge or acquittance; that which silences claims.
When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. Shak.
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n. [Lat. quietus. See QUIET, a.] Rest; repose; death; hence, a final discharge or acquittance; that which silences claims.
When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. Shak.
a. [Lat. See supra.] (Old Eng. Law.) Quit; clear; acquitted; discharged. Burrill.