quietus | Definition of quietus

Synonyms and Antonyms of quietus

1 a freeing from an obligation or responsibility

was granted a quietus on the remainder of the debt in the old man's will

Synonyms of quietus

delivery, discharge, quittance, release

Words Related to quietus

dispensation, exemption, immunity, waiver

2 the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities

her unshakable belief in a blissful afterlife allowed her to meet her quietus without the slightest tinge of fear or regret

Synonyms of quietus

curtains, death, decease, demise, dissolution, doom, end, exit, expiration, expiry, fate, grave, great divide, passage, passing, sleep

Words Related to quietus

casualty, fatality

martyrdom, self-destruction, self-murder, self-slaughter, suicide

annihilation, destruction, ending, extermination, ruin

assassination, execution, killing, massacre, slaughter

Near Antonyms of quietus

existence, life

creation, genesis, origination, rise

Antonyms of quietus

birth, nativity