Associations to the word «Quietus»

Wiktionary

QUIETUS, noun. A stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity; especially: death.
QUIETUS, noun. Final settlement (as of a debt).

Dictionary definition

QUIETUS, noun. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats