Almost give up study in France to get some peace (8)

I believe the answer is:

quietude

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'some peace' is the definition.
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'almost give up study' is the wordplay.
'almost' means to remove the last letter (almost the whole word is kept).
'give up' becomes 'quit' (both can mean to resign).
'study' becomes 'etude' (I've seen this before).
'quit' with its last letter taken off is 'qui'.
'qui'+'etude'='QUIETUDE'

'in france to get' is the link.
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(Other definitions for quietude that I've seen before include "State of calmness" , "serenity" , "peace?" , "Tranquillity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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