1. plural of quietus: something that serves to suppress, check, or eliminate; a final settlement or discharge
Usage: formal
2. plural of quietus: death or something that causes death
Usage: literary; archaic

Examples

• The new regulations served as quietuses to the illegal practices.
• The scandal brought quietuses to several political careers.
• Economic pressures acted as quietuses for many small businesses.
• The poet wrote of life’s inevitable quietuses.
• Legal settlements provided quietuses to the long-running disputes.
• The reforms were designed as quietuses to corruption in the system.