quietus

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A stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity; especially: death

The constant rain and the cold have combined to put a quietus on outdoor activities.

Final settlement (as of a debt)
a silencing, suppressing, or ending
{n} a full discharge, answer, rest, death
rest; death
Final settlement (as of a debt.)
{i} final blow, last strike; (euphemisms for: ) death, withdrawal from life; period of retirement; final settlement of a debt; something calming
Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; Fig
euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep"
quietus