English Dictionary

quietus

/kwaɪˈiːtəs/

noun

A stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity. / (figuratively) Death. / Final settlement (e.g., of a debt).

The quietus of the forest was interrupted by the chirping of birds.

意味（1）

A stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity.

Olive's specific terrors and dangers had by this time very much blown over; Basil Ransom had given no sign of life for ages, and Henry Burrage had certainly got his quietus before they went to Europe.

意味（2）

(figuratively) Death.

When he himſelfe might his Quietus make / With a bare Bodkin?

意味（3）

Final settlement (e.g., of a debt).