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What is the adjective for quiescence?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs quiet, quieten and quiesce which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

quiet
  1. With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
  2. Having little motion or activity; calm.
  3. Not busy, of low quantity.
  4. Not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved.
  5. Not showy; undemonstrative.
  6. (software) Requiring little or no interaction.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “She moved to a quiet corner of the library to study.”
      “He was a shy kid who spoke in a quiet voice.”
      “It's a quiet village where locals while away their days with a warm cup of tea while breathing in the fresh open air.”
quiescent
  1. Inactive, quiet, at rest.
  2. (grammar) Not sounded; silent.
  3. (cell biology) Non-proliferating.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “The tumor is usually benign and remains histologically quiescent for a long period of time.”
      “If they gained opprobrium for being a passive and quiescent movement, willing to cooperate with employers, it may have been particularly as a result of their actions during this period.”
      “At that time, each larva wraps itself in a cocoon, plugs its chamber with silk, and becomes quiescent.”
quietsome
  1. (archaic) Characterised or marked by quietness; calm; still; tranquil
  2. Synonyms:
quietlike
  1. Indicative or characteristic of quietness or of being quiet.
quietistic
  1. Of or relating to quietism, a philosophy of passivity and non-involvement.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Above all, the author succeeds in revising the portrayal of Lutheranism as a quietistic movement without much impact on modernity.”
      “Stilwell's conception of pluralism is in this sense not one of autarkic paradigms lying side-by-side in quietistic contemplation.”
      “In fact, what I see is a reliance of the great ethical hero Bonhoeffer on the quietistic, depressive Augustinian monk Luther.”
quietive
  1. Tending to quieten or make passive.
quieter
quietless
  1. Without quiet; with ceaseless noise.
quietish
  1. Somewhat quiet
quietful
  1. Full of quiet.
quietest
  1. superlative form of quiet: most quiet
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “What sets Bensusan apart is the passion, soul, intensity, and rhythmic complexity that mark even his quietest and most elegant pieces.”
      “The noise reduction achieved from the tattered fringe makes owls the quietest flying birds, Lilley said.”
      “It also reminds in the quietest way how families can provide a balm against this worry.”
quieted
quieting
quietened
quietening
quiesced
quiescing
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