Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for QUI-ES'CENCE, or QUI-ES'CEN-CY
QUI-ES'CENCE, or QUI-ES'CEN-CY, n. [L. quiescens, quiesco. See Quiet.]
- Rest; repose; state of a thing without motion. – Glanville.
- Rest of the mind; a state of the mind free from agitation or emotion.
- Silence; the having no sound; as of a letter.
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