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1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Quietus \Qui*e"tus\, n. [LL. quietus quit, discharged, L., at
      rest, quiet, dead. See Quiet, a., and cf. Quit, a.]
      Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation;
      that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death.
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            When he himself might his quietus make
            With a bare bodkin.                      --Shak.
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