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quiescency

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Quiescence \Qui*es"cence\, Quiescency \Qui*es"cen*cy\, n. [L.
   quiescentia, fr. quiescens, p. pr.; cf. F. quiestence. See
   Quiesce.]
   The state or quality of being quiescent. "Quiescence, bodily
   and mental." --H. Spencer.
   [1913 Webster]

         Deeds will be done; -- while be boasts his quiescence.
                                                  --R. Browning.
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