Quietus
noun
The end of something or an event that causes the end.
The new laws delivered a quietus to the hope of achieving equality.
Often appears as...
- deliver a quietus
- receives a quietus
Usage tips
Formal
noun
Death or something that causes death.
For many, the death of their spouse would be a quietus.
Often appears as...
- her quietus
- the quietus
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A financial term, where debts are fully paid and satisfied.
After many years, they finally made a quietus to their mortgage.
Often appears as...
- make a quietus
- a quietus to
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
The end of something or an event that causes the end.
The new laws delivered a quietus to the hope of achieving equality.
Often appears as...
- deliver a quietus
- receives a quietus
Usage tips
Formal
noun
Death or something that causes death.
For many, the death of their spouse would be a quietus.
Often appears as...
- her quietus
- the quietus
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A financial term, where debts are fully paid and satisfied.
After many years, they finally made a quietus to their mortgage.
Often appears as...
- make a quietus
- a quietus to
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Finality Implication
The use of 'quietus' often suggests a conclusive and irreversible end.
The cancellation of the project was the quietus of our team's effort.
Pro Tip 2/2Dramatic Flair
'Quietus' can give a statement a dramatic or poetic tone, due to its rarity in everyday language.
The actor's farewell performance was the quietus of an illustrious career.
Pro Tip 1/2Finality Implication
The use of 'quietus' often suggests a conclusive and irreversible end.
The cancellation of the project was the quietus of our team's effort.
Pro Tip 2/2Dramatic Flair
'Quietus' can give a statement a dramatic or poetic tone, due to its rarity in everyday language.
The actor's farewell performance was the quietus of an illustrious career.
Pro Tip 1/2Finality Implication
The use of 'quietus' often suggests a conclusive and irreversible end.
The cancellation of the project was the quietus of our team's effort.
Pro Tip 2/2Dramatic Flair
'Quietus' can give a statement a dramatic or poetic tone, due to its rarity in everyday language.
The actor's farewell performance was the quietus of an illustrious career.
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Quote examples
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
American Clergyman
Not until the human heart is stolid to poetry, the human eye blind to beauty, not until the intellect ceases its quest for truth and conscience finds its quietus either in universal defeat or in triumphant success, will organized religion cease to be.
Quote examples
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
American Clergyman
Not until the human heart is stolid to poetry, the human eye blind to beauty, not until the intellect ceases its quest for truth and conscience finds its quietus either in universal defeat or in triumphant success, will organized religion cease to be.
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