quietus

Meanings

Plural: quietuses

Noun

• euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
• A stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity.
• Death.
• Final settlement (e.g., of a debt).

Synonyms

(the) bane, (the) end, celestial transfer, crash, death, decease, decomposition, defunction, dematerialization, demise, dirt nap, doom, downfall, eternal rest, eternal sleep, exit, expiration, fall, fatality, liquidation, mortality, quietus, repose, rest, sleep, sleep of the just, sunset, the big sleep

Related Words

quiescence, quiet, quietude