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In a state of rest or calm; without stir, motion, or agitation; still; as, a quiet sea; quiet air. They . . . were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him. Judg. xvi. 2.

Quietness. [Obs.] Spenser.

One who, or that which, quiets.

The system of the Quietists, who maintained that religion consists in the withdrawal of the mind from worldly interests and anxieties and its constant employment in the passive contemplation of God and his attributes.

cs originated in the seventeenth century by Molinos, a Spanish priest living in Rome. See Quietism.

Of or pertaining to the Quietists, or to Quietism.

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

The quality or state of being quiet; freedom from noise, agitation, disturbance, or excitement; stillness; tranquillity; calmness. I would have peace and quietness. Shak.

Calm; still. [Obs.] Spenser.

Rest; repose; quiet; tranquillity. Shelley.

or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death. When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. Shak.

To quiet. [Obs.] Acquiet his mind from stirring you against your own peace. Sir A. Sherley.

Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy. [R.] Shak.

The act of disquieting; a state of disquiet. [Obs.] [It] roars and strives 'gainst its disquietal. Dr. H. More.

One who, or that which, disquiets, or makes uneasy; a disturber.

Producing inquietude or uneasiness. [R.] Barrow.

Tending to disquiet. [R.]

In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly that night. [R.] Wiseman.

State of being disquieted; uneasiness; harassment. [R.] Hopkins.

Disturbance of quiet in body or mind; restlessness; uneasiness. Hooker.