quiet of conscience
1Quiet — Qui et, a. [Compar. {Quieter}; superl. {Quietest}.] [L. quietus, p. p. pf quiescere to rest, keep quiet; akin to quies rest, and prob. to E. while, n. See {While}, and cf. {Coy}, a., {Quiesce}, {Quietus}, {Quit}, a., {Quite}, {Requiem}.] 1. In a… …
2Conscience — Not to be confused with consciousness. For other uses, see Conscience (disambiguation). Vincent van Gogh, 1890. Kröller Müller Museum. The Good Samaritan (after Delacroix). Conscience is an aptitude, faculty, intuition or judgment of the …
3quiet — quiet1 quieter, n. quietly, adv. quietness, n. /kwuy it/, adj., quieter, quietest, v. adj. 1. making no noise or sound, esp. no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors. 2. free, or comparatively free, from noise: a quiet street …
4quiet — I qui•et [[t]ˈkwaɪ ɪt[/t]] adj. et•er, et•est, v. 1) making little or no noise or sound: quiet neighbors[/ex] 2) free or comparatively free from noise: a quiet street[/ex] 3) silent: Be quiet![/ex] 4) restrained in speech or manner: a quiet… …
5Quiet City — This article is about the Irwin Shaw play. For the 2007 independent film see Quiet City (film) . Quiet City is a play by Irwin Shaw and a well known composition for trumpet, cor anglais, and string orchestra by Aaron Copland. Dramatic playThe… …
6Conscience, Hendrik — ▪ Belgian novelist born Dec. 3, 1812, Antwerp, Belg. died Sept. 10, 1883, Elsene Belgian romantic novelist who so dominated the birth and development of the Flemish novel (Flemish literature) that it was said he “taught his people to read.”… …
7salve his conscience — quiet his conscience, ease his conscience …
8The Quiet American — Infobox Book | name = The Quiet American title orig = translator = image caption = author = Graham Greene illustrator = cover artist = Brian Cronin country = England language = English series = genre = War novel publisher = William Heinemann… …
9a clean conscience is a good pillow — There are a number of traditional ways of expressing the notion that a clear conscience enables its possessor to sleep soundly, even, as a well attested variant claims, through a thunderstorm as in c 1605 SHAKESPEARE Macbeth IV. i. 85 I may tell… …
10The Conscience of the King (Star Trek) — NOTOC ST episode name = The Conscience of the King Kirk confronts Karidian about his true identity series = TOS ep num = 13 prod num = 013 remas. num = 42 date = December 8 1966 writer = Barry Trivers director = Gerd Oswald guest = Arnold Moss… …
