Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun quietus

1 sense of quietus

Sense 1
rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep, quietus -- (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")
       => death -- (the absence of life or state of being dead; "he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life")

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