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as in release
a freeing from an obligation or responsibility was granted a quietus on the remainder of the debt in the old man's will

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Recent Examples of quietus Unfortunately, everything leads to two absurdly contrived twists, and a coda that plays like it was tacked on after preview audiences objected to the apparent quietus of a major character. Joe Leydon, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024 On the supply side, climate experts give him credit for suspending drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and for giving the final quietus to Keystone. Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 9 June 2021 If Berryman is playing Cassandra to himself, crying out the details of his own quietus, how did the cry begin? Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quietus
Noun
  • Another documentary about Combs produced by 50 Cent is in the works for Netflix, without a confirmed release date.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The 31-year-old will provide reliability as a blocker, while serving as an occasional release valve over the middle.
    James Boyd, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • For Pope Francis, Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, the church camerlengo, or cardinal chamberlain (the official that manages the household of the pope), presided over the certification of death and the placement of the body in a coffin.
    George Petras, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Pope Francis’ last words before his death on Monday were an expression of thanks to his personal nurse and caregiver, Massimiliano Strappetti, the Vatican revealed Tuesday while describing the 88-year-old pontiff’s final hours.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Caton was charged with three felonies: unlawful firearm discharge at an occupied vehicle, assault with intent to murder and malicious injury to property.
    Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Lee was taken into custody by the sheriff’s office on charges of second-degree murder and negligent discharge of a firearm, police said.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • As the dust settles on season 1 of the series, the fate of Double K is still up in the air.
    Francesca Gariano, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Their first trial ended in a mistrial, when jurors couldn't agree on their fate.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The 1982 film Missing, directed by Costa-Gavras, brought global attention to the case and implied U.S. involvement in Horman’s demise.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The current season of Sister Wives is showing how the Brown family continues to navigate life after the demise of their once-happy polygamous brood.
    Dory Jackson, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • They were in fact treated like psychic seismographs, picking up disturbances and instability, prophecies of good fortune or doom.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Music seizes the reins and detonates the studied historicity viewers expect from stories about 20th-century music, pausing to highlight points the reader normally catches in articles about a movie rather than scenes in it: Yes, the blues begat both DOOM and doom.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • After failing to find suitable facilities in the south of France, preparations were being made on Monday for a 50-strong delegation from the club to establish a training camp in the Italian capital when news broke of the passing of Pope Francis.
    Tom Williams, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
  • On Sunday night, Love announced the passing of his father.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2025

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“Quietus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quietus. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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