QUI'ETISM, noun Peace or tranquility of mind; apathy; dispassion; indisturbance; inaction. In history, quietism is the system of the quietists, who maintained that religion consists in the internal rest or recollection of the mind, employed in contemplating God and submitting to his will.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.