quietude
[kwahy-i-tood, -tyood]
noun
the state of being quiet; tranquillity; calmness; stillness; quiet.
Origin of quietude
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Related Words for quietude
doldrums, placidness, restraint, dispassion, tranquility, peacefulness, peace, quiet, repose, stoicism, hush, patience, stillness, calmness, serenity, tranquillity, impassivity, rest, placidity, silenceExamples from the Web for quietude
Historical Examples of quietude
Before him was smiling country, streaming with sunshine, lazy with quietude.
White FangJack London
He felt a vacancy in him, a need for the hush and quietude of the stream and the cave in the cliff.
White FangJack London
From the night of the 8th to the morning of the 11th there was an interval of quietude.
Personal Recollections of a CavalrymanJ. H. (James Harvey) Kidd
She improved in the quietude and restfulness of that beloved place.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, CompleteAlbert Bigelow Paine
And this time, following the hush, it seemed to exercise the devil of quietude.
quietude
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