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Quiescence


QUIES'CENCE,

QUIES'CENCY, noun [Latin quiescens, quiesco. See quiet.]

1. Rest; repose; state of a thing without motion.

2. Rest of the mind; a state of the mind free from agitation or emotion.

3. Silence; the having no sound; as of a letter.