Quietus
WordNet
noun
(1) Euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
"She was laid to rest beside her husband"
"They had to put their family pet to sleep"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity; especially: death.
- William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1:
- when he might himself his quietus make with a bare bodkin?
- 2005 October 10, Glenn Tucker, quoted in the Bangor Daily News [Maine]:
- The constant rain and the cold have combined to put a quietus on outdoor activities.
- William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1:
- Final settlement (as of a debt).