quietude
noun/ˈkwaɪətjuːd/
/ˈkwaɪətuːd/
[uncountable] (literary)- the state of being still and quiet synonym calm
- a moment of quietude
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French quiétude or medieval Latin quietudo, from Latin quietus ‘quiet’.Definitions on the go
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