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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUI'ETUDE, n. Rest; repose; quiet; tranquility.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a state of peace and quiet [syn: tranquillity, tranquility, quietness, quietude]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle French, from Late Latin quietudo, from Latin quietus Date: 1597 a quiet state ; repose

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a state of quiet.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Quietude Qui"e*tude, n. [L. quietudo: cf. F. qui['e]tude.] Rest; repose; quiet; tranquillity. --Shelley.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Quietude is quietness and calm. (FORMAL) = tranquillity

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. See quiet.

Moby Thesaurus

Buddha-like composure, Oriental calm, arrangement, array, ataraxia, ataraxy, awful silence, brevity, briefness, brusqueness, calm disposition, calm of mind, calmness, composure, conciseness, concord, contemplation, cool, coolheadedness, coolness, countenance, curtness, dead, dead of night, deathlike silence, deployment, disposal, disposition, dumbness, easy mind, economy of words, formation, golden silence, harmony, hush, hush of night, icy calm, imperturbability, imperturbation, inaudibility, indisturbance, laconicalness, laconism, law and order, layout, lineup, lucid stillness, lull, marmoreal repose, marshaling, mental composure, mum, muteness, nirvana, noiselessness, obmutescence, order, orderliness, organization, pauciloquy, peace, peace and quiet, peace of mind, peacefulness, philosophic composure, philosophicalness, philosophy, placidity, placidness, proportion, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quiet life, quiet mind, quietism, quietness, regularity, repose, rest, restfulness, routine, sangfroid, satori, serenity, setup, shortness, silence, silentness, silken repose, sleep, slumber, solemn silence, soothingness, soundlessness, sparingness of words, speechlessness, still, stillness, structure, symmetry, system, tacitness, taciturnity, terseness, tomblike silence, tranquillity, uniformity, unloquaciousness, unruffledness, untalkativeness, whisht, wise passiveness, wordlessness





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