quietus (170 synonym found)

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absolution
acquittal
acquittance
annihilation
apodosis
bane
beating
biological death
catastrophe
ceasing
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cessation of life
clearance
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conclusion
conquering
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consummation
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crossing the bar
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curtain
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death
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debacle
debt of nature
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discharge
disculpation
dismissal
dissolution
doom
downfall
drubbing
dying
ebb of life
effect
end of life
end point
end-all
ender
ending
envoi
epilogue
eschatology
eternal rest
exculpation
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exit
exoneration
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failure
fall
fate
final solution
final stroke
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final twitch
final words
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finger of death
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forgiveness
going
going off
grave
hand of death
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izzard
jaws of death
kayo
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knell
knockout
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KO
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last dab
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last roundup
last sleep
last things
last trumpet
last words
lathering
latter end
leaving life
licking
loss of life
making an end
mastery
omega
overcoming
overthrow
overturn
pardon
parting
passing
passing away
passing over
payoff
perishing
peroration
purgation
purging
quittance
release
remission
rest
resting place
ruin
sentence of death
settler
shades of death
shadow of death
silence
sleep
smash
sockdolager
somatic death
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stopper
stopping place
subdual
subduing
subjugation
summons of death
swan song
terminal
termination
terminus
thrashing
trimming
trouncing
undoing
vanquishment
verdict of acquittal
vindication
Waterloo
whipping
windup
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Definition of quietus:

(n) : a stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity; especially: death; final settlement (as of a debt.)
"The constant rain and the cold have combined to put a quietus on outdoor activities." (Glenn Tucker, quoted in the Bangor Daily News [Maine], Oct. 10, 2005)
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Definition of quietus:

(n) : a stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity; especially: death; final settlement (as of a debt.)
"The constant rain and the cold have combined to put a quietus on outdoor activities." (Glenn Tucker, quoted in the Bangor Daily News [Maine], Oct. 10, 2005)
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