quietus Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
    sleep; eternal sleep; eternal rest; rest.
    • she was laid to rest beside her husband
    • they had to put their family pet to sleep

WordNet

Qui*e"tus noun
Etymology
LL. quietus quit, discharged, L., at rest, quiet, dead. See Quiet, a., and cf. Quit, a.
Definitions
  1. Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death.
    When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. Shak.

Webster 1913