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quietus

qui.etus \kwi--'e-t-*s\ n [ME quietus est, fr. ML, he is quit, formula of 
   discharge from obligation] 1: final settlement (as of a debt)  2: removal 
   from activity; esp : DEATH  3: something that quiets or represses  4: a 
   state of inactivity