quietude

Meanings

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   noun

   a state of calm, stillness, and freedom from disturbance

   After the danger had passed, a soft quietude settled over the room.

Borrowed from French quiétude, from Late Latin quietudo ("rest, repose"), based on Latin quietus ("at rest, calm"), the past participle of quiescere ("to rest").

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