2 entries under this word

Quietus

Qui-ē'tus, n.

noun

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.

Qui-ē'tus, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. See supra.] (Old Eng. Law.) Quit; clear; acquitted; discharged. Burrill.