Quietude (5)
I believe the answer is:
peace
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">quietude</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that peace is a type of quietude)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for peace that I've seen before include "Quiet companion" , "''And I shall have some ... there, for ... comes dropping slow'' (WB Yeats)" , "Freedom from disturbance, tranquillity" , "an answer to all clues, initially" , "See 1" .)