Learning Through Stugh - Quietus

Jan 19, 2008 10:20

quietus \kwy-EE-tuhs\, noun:
1. Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation.
2. Removal from activity; rest; death.
3. Something that serves to suppress or quiet.

Example

The backstabbing (literally) Jack had put a quietus on Neddy's term as Prime Minister.
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