repose

1. (verb) put or confide something in a person or thing; "These philosphers reposed the law in the people"
Related Words: assign, put

2. (verb) to put something (eg trust) in something; "The nation reposed its confidence in the King"
Related Words: lay, place, pose, position, put, set

3. (verb) lie in a comfortable resting position; "He was reposing on the couch"
Synonyms: recline
Related Words: lie

4. (verb) lie when dead; "Mao reposes in his mausoleum"
Related Words: lie

5. (noun) a disposition free from stress or emotion
Synonyms: placidity, quiet, serenity, tranquility
Related Words: ataraxia, calm, calmness, composure, equanimity

6. (verb) be at rest
Synonyms: rest
Related Words: catch some Z's, drowse, kip, log Z's, sleep, slumber

7. (noun) freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"
Synonyms: ease, relaxation, rest
Related Words: dormancy, inactivity, leisure, lie-in, quiescence, quiescency, sleeping

8. (verb) put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"
Synonyms: lay, put down
Related Words: blow, bury, entomb, inter, lay, lay, lay to rest, place, pose, position, put, set

9. (verb) be inherent or innate in;
Synonyms: reside, rest
Related Words: attach to, inhere in

10. (noun) the absence of mental stress or anxiety
Synonyms: ataraxis, heartsease, peace, peace of mind, peacefulness, serenity
Related Words: quietness, quietude, tranquility, tranquillity



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