King James Bible Dictionary

QUI'ET, adjective [Latin quietus.]

1. Still; being in a state of rest; now moving. Judges 16:2.

2. Still; free from alarm or disturbance; unmolested; as a quiet life.

In his days the land was quiet ten years. 2 Chronicles 14:1.

3. Peaceable; not turbulent; not giving offense; not exciting controversy, disorder or trouble; mild; meek; contented.

The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit. 1 Peter 3:4.

1 Thessalonians 4:11.

4. Calm; not agitated by wind; as a quiet sea or atmosphere.

5. Smooth; unruffled.

6. Undisturbed; unmolested; as the quiet possession or enjoyment of an estate.

7. Not crying; not restless; as a quiet child.

QUI'ET, noun [Latin quies.]

1. Rest; repose; stillness; the state of a thing not in motion.

2. Tranquility; freedom from disturbance or alarm; civil or political repose. Our country enjoys quiet

3. Peace; security. Judges 18:7.

QUI'ET, verb transitive

1. To stop motion; to still; to reduce to a state of rest; as, to quiet corporeal motion.

2. To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to tranquilize; as, to quiet the soul when agitated; to quiet the passions; to quiet the clamors of a nation; to quiet the disorders of a city or town.

3. To allay; to suppress; as, to quiet pain or grief.

QUI'ETED, participle passive Made still; calmed; pacified.

QUI'ETER, noun The person or thing that quiets.

QUI'ETING, participle present tense Reducing to rest or stillness; appeasing; tranquilizing.

QUI'ETISM, noun Peace or tranquility of mind; apathy; dispassion; indisturbance; inaction. In history, quietism is the system of the quietists, who maintained that religion consists in the internal rest or recollection of the mind, employed in contemplating God and submitting to his will.

QUI'ETIST, noun One of a sect of mystics, originated by Molino, a Spanish priest, who maintained the principles of quietism.

QUI'ETLY, adverb

1. In a quiet state; without motion; in a state of rest; as, to lie or sit quietly

2. Without tumult, alarm, dispute or disturbance; peaceably; as, to live quietly

3. Calmly; without agitation or violent emotion; patiently. submit quietly to unavoidable evils.

QUI'ETNESS, noun

1. A state of rest; stillness.

2. Calm; tranquility; as the quietness of the ocean or atmosphere.

3. Freedom from agitation or emotion; calmness; coolness; as the quietness of the mind.

4. Freedom from disturbance, disorder or commotion; peace; tranquility; as the quietness of a city or state.

QUI'ETSOME, adjective Calm; still; undisturbed. [Not in use.]

QUI'ETUDE, noun Rest; repose; quiet; tranquility.

QUIE'TUS, noun [Latin] Rest; repose; death; hence, a final discharge or acquittance; that which silences claims.