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Partying continued Friday, even as French officials pleaded with the participants to leave and as inquietude mounted within the French government.—Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2021
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Etymology
Middle English, from Late Latin inquietudo, from Latin inquietus disturbed, from in- + quietus quiet
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