Category:Quietus

Qui*e"tus, n. Etym: [ll. quietus quit, discharged, l., at rest, Quiet, dead. See quiet, a., and cf. Quit, a.]

Defn: 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. Shak.