quietus

IPA: kwˈaɪʌtʌs

A stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity.
(figuratively) Death.
Final settlement (e.g., of a debt).

Examples of "quietus" in Sentences

The idea of the open Polar Sea then received its "quietus," for nothing but ice is there.
Maupassant they get their "quietus" from the height, so to speak, of the saddle of a sporting gentleman.
In Oslo, August 31st, the Norwegian central character, Anders, is a drug addict from a similar background who makes his quietus after a day in the national capital.
I think you need to come to terms with the fact that a large number of people in the UK see giving drugs smugglers/dealers their quietus is the way to go - pick me on that one.
Quietus is a short form of the term quietus est or abeinde recessit quietus, the formulae used in the Court of the Exchequer to show that an account has been correctly presented and cleared.
One way in which a language lives and grows is by modifying existing meanings and employing them in new contexts, and it is the poets who contribute most to this process.. bqb As an example from Shakespeare we can take the word quietus which at first sight seems not to lend itself to poetry at all.