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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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12 words match “QUIETNESS”

QUIETNESS n.
on, disturbance, or excitement; stillness; tranquillity; calmness. I would have peace and quietness. Shak.
DISQUIETNESS n.
Disturbance of quiet in body or mind; restlessness; uneasiness. Hooker.
INQUIETNESS n.
Unquietness. [Obs.] Joye.
OVERQUIETNESS n.
Too much quietness. Sir. T. Browne.
CALMNESS n.
The state of quality of being calm; quietness; tranquillity; self-repose. The gentle calmness of the flood. Denham. Hes calmness was the repose of conscious power. E. Everett.
CONTENT n.
Rest or quietness of the mind in one's present condition; freedom from discontent; satisfaction; contentment; moderate happiness. Such is the fullness of my heart's content. Shak.
INTRANQUILLITY n.
Unquietness; restlessness. Sir W. Temple.
QUIETAGE n.
Quietness. [Obs.] Spenser.
RESTLESS a.
Passed in unquietness; as, the patient has had a restless night.
SERENITY n.
The quality or state of being serene; clearness and calmness; quietness; stillness; peace. A general peace and serenity newly succeeded a general trouble. Sir W. Temple.
STILLNESS n.
The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity. Painting, then, was the art demanded by the modern intellect upon its emergence from the stillness of the Middle Ages. J. A. Symonds.
UNREST n.
Want of rest or repose; unquietness; sleeplessness; uneasiness; disquietude. Is this, quoth she, the cause of your unrest! Chaucer. Can calm despair and wild unrest Be tenants of a single breast Tennyson.