Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DIS-QUI'E-TUDE
DIS-QUI'E-TUDE, n.
Want of peace or tranquillity; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety. It is, I believe, most frequently used of the mind. Religion is our best security from the disquietudes that imbitter life.
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