REPOSE

Definition:

1. [noun] freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"
   Synonyms: rest, ease, relaxation
   
   
2. [noun] the absence of mental stress or anxiety
   Synonyms: peace, peacefulness, peace of mind, serenity, heartsease, ataraxis
   
   
3. [noun] a disposition free from stress or emotion
   Synonyms: quiet, placidity, serenity, tranquillity, tranquility
   
   
4. [verb] put or confide something in a person or thing; "These philosophers reposed the law in the people"
   
   
5. [verb] be inherent or innate in;
   Synonyms: rest, reside
   
   
6. [verb] lie when dead; "Mao reposes in his mausoleum"
   
   
7. [verb] lean in a comfortable resting position; "He was reposing on the couch"
   Synonyms: recumb, recline
   
   
8. [verb] put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"
   Synonyms: lay, put down
   
   
9. [verb] to put something (eg trust) in something; "The nation reposed its confidence in the King"
   
   

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Related Words:

• rest
• rail
• lay
• blow
• bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest
• rebury
• bedrest, bed rest
• lie-in
• quiescence, quiescency, dormancy, sleeping
• leisure
• ataraxia

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