Quiescence
[kwaɪ'ɛsns]
Definition
(n.) Alt. of Quiescency
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Rest, repose, quiet, quietude, stillness, calmness, calm, tranquillity, peace.[2]. Suspense, intermission, remission, dormancy, abeyance.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Repose, rest, quiet, quietude, dormancy, tranquillity, silence, stillness,{[AcTrvrrr]?}
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Examples
- He never omitted the ceremony afterwards, and the gravity and quiescence with which I underwent it, seemed to invest it for him with a certain charm. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- To that quite as much as to the amelioration of things by a diffused prosperity, this phase of quiescence among the lower classes is to be ascribed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- During the first century there was an air of quiescence over the great plains, but population was accumulating and the tribes were fermenting. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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