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qui⋅et

1  [kwahy-it] adjective, -er, -est, verb
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–adjective
1. making no noise or sound, esp. no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
2. free, or comparatively free, from noise: a quiet street.
3. silent: Be quiet!
4. restrained in speech, manner, etc.; saying little: a quiet person.
5. free from disturbance or tumult; tranquil; peaceful: a quiet life.
6. being at rest.
7. refraining or free from activity, esp. busy or vigorous activity: a quiet Sunday afternoon.
8. making no disturbance or trouble; not turbulent; peaceable: The factions remained quiet for twenty years.
9. motionless or moving very gently: quiet waters.
10. free from disturbing thoughts, emotions, etc.; mentally peaceful: a quiet conscience.
11. said, expressed, done, etc., in a restrained or unobtrusive way: a quiet reproach; a quiet admonition.
12. not showy or obtrusive; subdued: quiet colors.
13. not busy or active: The stock market was quiet last week.
–verb (used with object)
14. to make quiet.
15. to make tranquil or peaceful; pacify: to quiet a crying baby.
16. to calm mentally, as a person.
17. to allay (tumult, doubt, fear, etc.).
18. to silence.
–verb (used without object)
19. to become quiet (often fol. by down).
Origin:
1350–1400; (adj.) ME (< MF) < L quiētus, ptp. of quiēscere (see quiescent ); (v.) ME quieten, partly deriv. of the adj., partly < LL quiētāre, deriv. of quiētus. Cf. coy

Related forms:
qui⋅et⋅er, noun
qui⋅et⋅ly, adverb
qui⋅et⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
2. See still 1 . 5. calm, serene. 9. unmoving. 14. still, hush, silence. 15, 17. lull, soothe.

Antonyms:
2. noisy. 5. perturbed. 9. active.
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Word Origin & History

quiet  (n.)
c.1300, from O.Fr. quiete, from L. quies (gen. quietis) "rest, quiet," from PIE base *qwi- "rest" (cf. Goth. hveila, O.E. hwil "space of time;" see while). The adj. is attested from 1382; the verb is first attested 1440. Quietism is attested from 1687, on model of mysticism, originally in ref. to the mysticism of Molinas (1640-97), Sp. priest in Rome, whose "Guida spirituale" was published 1675 and condemned by the Inquisition in 1685. Quietude is from 1597.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: quiet
Function: transitive verb
: to establish or make (title) secure by means of an action that produces a final determination of the respective rights of parties who are in dispute over property —compare CLOUD ON TITLE
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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