quietus

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(kwī-ē'təs) pronunciation
n.
  1. Something that serves to suppress, check, or eliminate.
  2. Release from life; death.
  3. A final discharge, as of a duty or debt.

[Short for Middle English quietus (est), (he is) discharged (of an obligation), from Medieval Latin quiētus (est), from Latin, (he is) at rest. See quiet.]


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noun

    The act or fact of dying: death, decease, demise, dissolution, extinction, passing, rest1. Slang curtain (used in plural). See live/die.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - død, nådestød

Nederlands (Dutch)
dood, kalmerend middel

Français (French)
n. - quitus

Deutsch (German)
n. - Garaus, Tod, (Schulden)tilgung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - θάνατος, θανή, αιώνια ανάπαυση, απαλλαγή (από οφειλή, υποχρέωση κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
quietanza, morte

Português (Portuguese)
n. - quitação (f), morte (f)

Русский (Russian)
кончина, орудие смерти

Español (Spanish)
n. - golpe de gracia, muerte, finiquito

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - död (litt.), nådastöt, slutuppgörelse

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
最后的解除, 生命的终止, 偿清

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 最後的解除, 生命的終止, 償清

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 최후의 일격, 죽음, 무기력 상태

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - とどめ, 消滅, 死

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تسويه نهائيه, إجهاز, راحه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮(סם) מרגיע, אי-פעילות, מוות‬


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