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quietus [kwahy-ee-tuhs]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: death
Synonyms: decease, dissolution, end, passing, the end
Main Entry: quietus
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: death
Synonyms: acquittance, decease, discharge, dissolution, end, extinction, release, repose
Main Entry: coup de grâce
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: finishing blow
Synonyms: blow, clincher, comeuppance, deathblow, defeat, final blow, final stroke, kill, knockout, mercy stroke, mortal blow, quietus
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  • So he too will seek a remedy beneath the surgeon's knife and receive his quietus for it.
Main Entry: death
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: end of life
Synonyms: afterlife, annihilation, bereavement, casualty, cessation, curtains, darkness, decease, demise, departure, destruction, dissolution, downfall, dying, end, ending, eradication, eternal rest, euthanasia, exit, expiration, extermination, extinction, fatality, finis, finish, grave, grim reaper, heaven, loss, mortality, necrosis, obliteration, oblivion, paradise, parting, passing, passing over, quietus, release, repose, ruin, ruination, silence, sleep, termination, tomb
Antonyms: being, birth, entity, existence, life, living
Main Entry: decease
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: death
Synonyms: buying the farm, curtains, defunction, demise, departure, dissolution, dying, grim reaper, passing, passing away, passing over, quietus, release, silence, sleep, taps, the end
Notes: decease is the event of dying or departure from life; disease is an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal and harmful functioning
Antonyms: birth
Main Entry: demise
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fate, usually death
Synonyms: annihilation, collapse, curtains, decease, departure, dissolution, downfall, dying, end, ending, expiration, extinction, failure, fall, final thrill, last out, last roundup, lights out, number's up, passing, quietus, ruin, silence, sleep, termination
Antonyms: birth
Main Entry: dissolution
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: death; destruction
Synonyms: adjournment, conclusion, curtains, decay, decease, decomposition, defunction, demise, disappearance, disbandment, discontinuation, dismissal, dispersal, end, ending, evaporation, extinction, finish, liquefaction, melting, overthrow, passing, quietus, release, resolution, ruin, silence, sleep, solution, suspension, termination
Antonyms: beginning, commencement, construction, start
Main Entry: settlement
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: decision, conclusion
Synonyms: adjustment, agreement, arrangement, clearance, compact, compensation, completion, conclusion, confirmation, contract, covenant, deal, defrayal, determination, discharge, disposition, establishment, happy medium, liquidation, pay, payment, payoff, quietus, reimbursement, remuneration, resolution, satisfaction, showdown, termination, trade-off, working out
Antonyms: confusion, indecision
Main Entry: silence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: absence of sound, speech
Synonyms: blackout, calm, censorship, dead air, death, dumbness, hush, hush-hush, inarticulateness, iron curtain, laconism, lull, muteness, noiselessness, peace, quiescence, quiet, quietness, quietude, quietus, reserve, reticence, saturninity, secrecy, sleep, speechlessness, still, stillness, sulk, sullenness, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness
Antonyms: clamor, communication, noise, talk
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