quietude

noun
🔊/ˈkwaɪətjuːd/
🔊/ˈkwaɪətuːd/
[uncountable] (literary)
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  1. the state of being still and quiet平静;寂静;宁静;静谧 synonym calm
    • a moment of quietude安静的时刻
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French quiétude or medieval Latin quietudo, from Latin quietus ‘quiet’.