quiddity
         n 1: an evasion of the point of an argument by raising
               irrelevant distinctions or objections [syn: {quibble},
               {quiddity}, {cavil}]
         2: the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and
            makes it different from any other [syn: {quiddity},
            {haecceity}]

English Dictionary: quietude	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quietude n a state of peace and quiet [syn: tranquillity, tranquility, quietness, quietude]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quiddit \Quid"dit\, n. [Cf. {Quiddity}, {Quillet}, and       {Quibble}.]       A subtilty; an equivocation. [Obs.] --Shak.                   By some strange quiddit or some wrested clause.                                                                               --Drayton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quiddity \Quid"di*ty\, n.; pl. {Quiddities}. [LL. quidditas, fr.       L. quid what, neut. of quis who, akin to E. who: cf. F.       quiddit[82].]       1. The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a             thing; that which answers the question, Quid est? or, What             is it? [bd] The degree of nullity and quiddity.[b8]             --Bacon.                         The quiddity or characteristic difference of poetry                      as distinguished from prose.               --De Quincey.          2. A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble.                         We laugh at the quiddities of those writers now.                                                                               --Coleridge.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quiet \Qui"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quieted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Quieting}.]       1. To stop motion in; to still; to reduce to a state of rest,             or of silence.          2. To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to allay; to             tranquillize; as, to quiet the passions; to quiet clamors             or disorders; to quiet pain or grief.                         Quiet yourselves, I pray, and be at peace. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quietude \Qui"e*tude\, n. [L. quietudo: cf. F. qui[82]tude.]       Rest; repose; quiet; tranquillity. --Shelley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quit \Quit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quit} or {Quitted}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Quitting}.] [OE. quiten, OF. quiter, quitier,       cuitier, F. quitter, to acquit, quit, LL. quietare, fr. L.       quietare to calm, to quiet, fr. quietus quiet. See {Quiet},       a., and cf. {Quit}, a., {Quite}, {Acquit}, {Requite}.]       1. To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or             oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate. [R.]                         To quit you of this fear, you have already looked                      Death in the face; what have you found so terrible                      in it?                                                --Wake.          2. To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the             like; to absolve; to acquit.                         There may no gold them quyte.            --Chaucer.                         God will relent, and quit thee all his debt.                                                                               --Milton.          3. To discharge, as an obligation or duty; to meet and             satisfy, as a claim or debt; to make payment for or of; to             requite; to repay.                         The blissful martyr quyte you your meed. --Chaucer.                         Enkindle all the sparks of nature To quit this                      horrid act.                                       --Shak.                         Before that judge that quits each soul his hire.                                                                               --Fairfax.          4. To meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of;             to conduct; to acquit; -- used reflexively.                         Be strong, and quit yourselves like men. --I Sam.                                                                               iv. 9.                         Samson hath guit himself Like Samson. --Milton.          5. To carry through; to go through to the end. [Obs.]                         Never worthy prince a day did quit With greater                      hazard and with more renown.               --Daniel.          6. To have done with; to cease from; to stop; hence, to             depart from; to leave; to forsake; as, to quit work; to             quit the place; to quit jesting.                         Such a superficial way of examining is to quit truth                      for appearance.                                 --Locke.          {To quit cost}, to pay; to reimburse.          {To quit scores}, to make even; to clear mutually from             demands.                         Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements                      in the noble fruits that issue from it? --South.          Syn: To leave; relinquish; resign; abandon; forsake;                surrender; discharge; requite.          Usage: {Quit}, {Leave}. Leave is a general term, signifying                   merely an act of departure; quit implies a going                   without intention of return, a final and absolute                   abandonment.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quote \Quote\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quoted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Quoting}.] [OF. quoter, F. coter to letter, number, to       quote, LL. quotare to divide into chapters and verses, fr. L.       quotus. See {Quota}.] [Formerly written also {cote}.]       1. To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat,             or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way             of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from             Homer.          2. To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a             statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare.          3. (Com.) To name the current price of.          4. To notice; to observe; to examine. [Obs.] --Shak.          5. To set down, as in writing. [Obs.] [bd]He's quoted for a             most perfidious slave.[b8] --Shak.          Syn: To cite; name; adduce; repeat.          Usage: {Quote}, {Cite}. To cite was originally to call into                   court as a witness, etc., and hence denotes bringing                   forward any thing or person as evidence. Quote usually                   signifies to reproduce another's words; it is also                   used to indicate an appeal to some one as an                   authority, without adducing his exact words.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quotiety \Quo*ti"e*ty\, n. [L. quotus of what number, quot how       many.] (Scholastic Philos.)       The relation of an object to number. --Krauth-Fleming.