QUIETUS

rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep, quietus

(noun) euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); “she was laid to rest beside her husband”; “they had to put their family pet to sleep”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

quietus (usually uncountable, plural quietuses)

A stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity.

(figuratively) Death.

Final settlement (e.g, of a debt).

Anagrams

• tiuques

Source: Wiktionary

Qui*e"tus, n. Etym: [LL. quietus quit, discharged, L., at rest, quiet, dead. See Quiet, a., and cf. Quit, a.]

Definition: Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death. When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition