Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Subsidence; quiet.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete Peace; quiet.

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  • noun obsolete peace; quiet
  • noun law, Netherlands The phase of reaching an agreement with the creditors of a bankrupt company.

Etymologies

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Old French, from Old French and French surseoir. See surcease.

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