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qui·et 1 adj: free from disturbance, interference, or dispute (as from an adverse claim)quiet enjoyment of propertyquiet 2 vt: to establish or make (title) secure by means of an action that produces a final determination of the respective rights of parties who are in dispute over property compare cloud on title
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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(low key) adjective
at rest, collected, contented, cool, cool-headed, decent, demure, diffident, dispassionate, dormant, easy-going, gentle, humble, imperturbable, inconspicuous, inexcitable, laconic, lifeless, meek, mild, moderate, modest, orderly, patient, peaceable, placid, private, resting, restrained, retiring, sedate, serene, sober, solemn, stagnant, static, subdued, taciturn, unassuming, undemonstrative, unemphatic, unobtrusive, unostentatious, unperturbed, unpresumptuous, unpretentious, unresisting, vegetating
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(soundless) adjective
calm, glassy, halcyon, hushed, inarticulate, latent, lethargic, mum, mute, noiseless, passive, peaceful, quiescent, reserved, reticent, speechless, silent, still, tranquil, uncommunicative, unmoved, voiceless
associated concepts: covenant of quiet enjoyment, quieting title
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noun
calm, calmness, cessation, composure, dormancy, ease, freedom from disturbance, gentleness, hush, immobility, intermission, latency, lull, moderation, muteness, noiselessness, passivity, patience, pause, peace, peacefulness, placidity, quiescence, quietness, quietude, relaxation, repose, reserve, rest, restfulness, reticence, serenity, silence, soundlessness, stagnation, still, stillness, tranquility, uncommunicativeness
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verb
alleviate, appease, assuage, blunt, calm, close, comfort, compose, conclude, cut short, decrease, dulcify, dull, lull, mitigate, moderate, mollify, mute, pacify, palliate, placate, put a stop to, quell, relieve, remit, repress, silence, sober, soften, soothe, stifle, strangle, subdue, subside, temper, terminate, tranquilize, wind-up
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allay, alleviate, diffident, diminish, dormant, ease, inconspicuous, laconic, lifeless (dull), lull (noun), lull (verb), moderate (temper), moderation, mollify, mute, obtund, pacify, palliate (abate), patient, peace, peaceable, placate, placid, private (secluded), remit (relax), repress, silence, solemn, soothe, speechless, static, strangle, subdue, subside, taciturn, unobtrusive, unpretentious
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
