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Definition of quietude noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

quietude

noun
 
/ˈkwaɪətjuːd/
 
/ˈkwaɪətuːd/
[uncountable] (literary)
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  1. 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’.
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