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.
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