final blow, last strike; (euphemisms for:) death, withdrawal from life; period of retirement; final settlement of a debt; something calming
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Quietus Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
freed| acquitted| quit.
V
rest| keep quiet/calm| be at peace/rest; be inactive/neutral; permit; sleep
rest| keep quiet/calm| be at peace/rest; be inactive/neutral; permit; sleep
resting, sleeping, undisturbed / neutral / quiet, calm.
resting, sleeping, undisturbed / neutral / quiet
The spell Bagman uses at the Quidditch World Cup to lower his voice.
Quietus Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutFinal discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death.
quietus
\qui*e"tus\ (?), n. [ll. quietus quit, discharged, l., at rest, quiet, dead. see quiet, a., and cf. quit, a.] 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.
quietus
n : euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep" [syn: rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep]
A silencing, suppressing, or ending.
Noun
1. euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep"
(synonym) rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep
(hypernym) death
Quietus Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Titus Fulvius Iunius Quietus (died 261) was a Roman usurper against Roman Emperor Gallienus.
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