Obs. Also 6 quietacion, -cyon, quyat-, quyetacyon, -cion. [ad. med.L. quiētātiōn-em, n. of action f. quiētāre to QUIET. Cf. obs. F. quietacion (Godef.).] The action of quieting; the state of being quieted or quiet.
1502. Atkynson, trans. De Imitatione, III. xl. 229. If thou seke here rest, how shalt thou come to euerlastyng rest & quietacion in heuen?
1526–9. Ld. Dudley, in Ellis, Orig. Lett., Ser. III. II. 84. For the quyatacion of the Kyngs subgetts.
1640. J. Stoughton, Def. & Distrib. Divinity, iii. 90. Such a fruition of all good … as brings with it a perfect quietation of the natural appetite.
a. 1711. Ken, Anodynes, Poet. Wks. 1721, III. 427. From God I ease or succour find, And Quietation to my Mind.
