quietus /kwaɪˈiːtəs/ noun3 •(old-fashioned) A stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity.Olive's specific terrors and dangers had by this time very much blown over; Basil Ransom had given no sign of life for ages, and Henry Burrage had certainly got his quietus before they went to Europe. — 1885 •(figurative, old-fashioned) Death.When he himselfe might his Quietus make / With a bare Bodkin? — 1599 •(old-fashioned) Final settlement (e.g., of a debt). formsquietuses