quietus
noun
1 quietus
Euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb).
synonyms: eternal rest, eternal sleep, rest, sleep.
Roget 360:
death;
decease,
demise;
dissolution,
departure,
obit,
release,
rest,
quietus,
fall;
loss,
bereavement;
mortality,
morbidity.
end of life
etc.
67,
cessation of life
etc.
142,
loss of life,
extinction of life,
ebb of life
etc.
359.
death warrant,
death watch,
death rattle,
death bed;
stroke of death,
agonies of death,
shades of death,
valley of death,
jaws of death,
hand of death;
last breath,
last gasp,
last agonies;
dying day,
dying breath,
dying agonies;
chant du cygne [Fr.];
rigor mortis [Lat.];
Stygian shore.
King of terrors,
King Death;
Death;
doom
etc.
(necessity)
601;
Hell's grim Tyrant"
[Pope].
euthanasia;
break up of the system;
natural death,
natural decay;
sudden death,
violent death;
untimely end,
watery grave;
debt of nature;
suffocation,
asphyxia;
fatal disease
etc.
(disease)
655;
death blow
etc.
(killing)
361.
necrology,
bills of mortality,
obituary;
death song
etc.
(lamentation)
839.
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Roget 361:
killing
etc.
v.;
homicide,
manslaughter,
murder,
assassination,
trucidation†,
iccusion†;
effusion of blood;
blood,
blood shed;
gore,
slaughter,
carnage,
butchery;
battue†.
massacre;
fusillade,
noyade†;
thuggery,
Thuggism†.
deathblow,
finishing stroke,
coup de grace,
quietus;
execution
etc.
(capital punishment)
972;
judicial murder;
martyrdom.
butcher,
slayer,
murderer,
Cain,
assassin,
terrorist,
cutthroat,
garroter,
bravo,
Thug,
Moloch,
matador,
sabreur†;
guet-a-pens;
gallows,
executioner
etc.
(punishment)
975;
man-eater,
apache†,
hatchet man [U.S.],
highbinder [U.S.].
regicide,
parricide,
matricide,
fratricide,
infanticide,
feticide,
foeticide†,
uxoricide†,
vaticide†.
suicide,
felo de se†,
hara-kiri,
suttee,
Juggernath†;
immolation,
auto da fe,
holocaust.
suffocation,
strangulation,
garrote;
hanging
etc.
v.;
lapidation†.
deadly weapon
etc.
(arms)
727;
Aceldama†.
[Destruction of animals]
slaughtering;
phthisozoics†;
sport,
sporting;
the chase,
venery;
hunting,
coursing,
shooting,
fishing;
pig-sticking;
sportsman,
huntsman,
fisherman;
hunter,
Nimrod;
slaughterhouse,
meat packing plant,
shambles,
abattoir.
fatal accident,
violent death,
casualty.
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Roget 732:
failure;
nonsuccess†,
nonfulfillment;
dead failure,
successlessness†;
abortion,
miscarriage;
brutum fulmen
etc.
158 [Lat.];
labor in vain
etc.
(inutility)
645;
no go;
inefficacy†;
inefficaciousness
etc.
adj.;
vain attempt,
ineffectual attempt,
abortive attempt,
abortive efforts;
flash in the pan,
lame and impotent conclusion"
[Othello];
frustration;
slip 'twixt cup and lip
etc.
(disappointment)
509.
blunder
etc.
(mistake)
495;
fault,
omission,
miss,
oversight,
slip,
trip,
stumble,
claudication†,
footfall;
false step,
wrong step;
faux pas [Fr.],
titubation†,
b_evue [Fr.],
faute [Fr.],
lurch;
botchery
etc.
(want of skill)
699†;
scrape,
mess,
fiasco,
breakdown;
flunk [U.S.].
mishap
etc.
(misfortune)
735;
split,
collapse,
smash,
blow,
explosion.
repulse,
rebuff,
defeat,
rout,
overthrow,
discomfiture;
beating,
drubbing;
quietus,
nonsuit†,
subjugation;
checkmate,
stalemate,
fool's mate.
fall,
downfall,
ruin,
perdition;
wreck
etc.
(destruction)
162;
deathblow;
bankruptcy
etc.
(nonpayment)
808.
losing game,
affaire flamb_ee.
victim;
bankrupt;
flunker†,
flunky [U.S.].
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Roget 970:
acquittal,
acquitment†;
clearance,
exculpation;
acquittance,
clearance,
exoneration;
discharge
etc.
(release)
750;
quietus,
absolution,
compurgation†,
reprieve,
respite;
pardon
etc.
(forgiveness)
918.
[Exemption from punishment]
impunity;
diplomatic immunity;
immunity;
plea bargain,
deal with the prosecutor.
[in civil suits]
no cause for action;
no damages.
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Dutch: kwijtschelding
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