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Repose [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A lying at rest.

2. Sleep; rest; quiet.

3. Rest of mind; tranquility; freedom from uneasiness.

4. Cause of rest.

5. In poetry, a rest; a pause.

6. In painting, harmony of colors, as when nothing glaring appears.

Repose [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To lie at rest; to sleep.

2. Within a thicket I repos'd.

3. To rest in confidence. I repose on the faith and honor of a friend.

4. To lie; to rest; as trap reposing on sand.

Repose [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. s as z. [Latin repono, reposui.]

2. To lay at rest.

3. - After the toil of battle, to repose your wearied virtue.

4. To lay; to rest, as the mind, in confidence or trust; as, to repose trust or confidence in a person's veracity.

5. To lay up; to deposit; to lodge; as pebbles reposed in cliffs.

6. To place in confidence.

Repose [Verb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit.

2. To lay at rest; to cause to be calm or quiet; to compose; to rest, -- often reflexive; as, to repose one's self on a couch.

3. To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust.

4. A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet.

5. Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment.

6. A rest; a pause.

7. That harmony or moderation which affords rest for the eye; -- opposed to the scattering and division of a subject into too many unconnected parts, and also to anything which is overstrained; as, a painting may want repose.

Repose [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To lie at rest; to rest.

2. Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms.

3. To lie; to be supported; as, trap reposing on sand.

Reposed [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Laid at rest; placed in confidence.

Reposed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Composed; calm; tranquil; at rest.

Reposed [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Repose

Reposedness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

State of being at rest.

Reposeful [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Full of repose; quiet.

Reposer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who reposes.

Quiescence Roget’s Thesaurus §265

N. rest, stillness, quiescence, stagnation, stagnancy, fixity, immobility, catalepsy, indisturbance, quietism, quiet, tranquility, calm, repose, peace, dead calm, anticyclone|, statue-like repose, silence, not a breath of air, not a mouse stirring, sleep, pause, lull, stand still, standing still, lock, dead lock, dead stop, dead stand, full stop, fix, embargo, resting place, gite, bivouac, home, pillow, haven, goal

V. be quiescent, stand still, lie still, keep quiet, repose, hold the breath, remain, stay, stand, lie to, ride at anchor, remain in situ, tarry, mark time, bring to, heave to, lay to, pull up, draw up, hold, halt, stop, stop short, rest, pause, anchor, cast to an anchor, come to an anchor, rest on one's oars, repose on one's laurels, take breath, stop, stagnate, quieta non movere, let alone, abide, rest and be thankful, keep within doors, stay at home, go to bed, dwell, settle, alight stick, stick fast, stand like a post, not stir a peg, not stir a step, be at a stand, quell, becalm, hush, stay, lull to sleep, lay an embargo on

Adj. quiescent, still, motionless, moveless, fixed, stationary, immotile, at rest at a stand, at a standstill, at anchor, stock, still, standing still, sedentary, untraveled, stay-at-home, becalmed, stagnant, quiet, unmoved, undisturbed, unruffled, calm, restful, cataleptic, immovable, sleeping, silent, still as a statue, still as a post, still as a mouse, still as death, vegetative, vegetating

Adv. at a stand, tout court, at the halt

Phr. requiescat in pace, deus nobis haec otia fecit, "the noonday quiet holds the hill"

Int. stop, stay, avast, halt, hold hard, whoa, hold, sabr karo

Leisure Roget’s Thesaurus §685

N. leisure, convenience, spare time, spare hours, # spare moments, vacant hour, time, time to spare, time on one's hands, holiday, relaxation, otium cum dignitate, ease, no hurry, no big rush, no deadline

V. have leisure, take one's time, take one's leisure, take one's ease, repose, move slowly, while away the time, be master of one's time, be an idle man

Adj. leisure, leisurely, slow, deliberate, quiet, calm, undisturbed, at leisure, at one's ease, at loose ends, at a loose end

Adv. unhurriedly, deliberately, without undue haste, anytime

Phr. time hanging heavy on one's hands, eile mit weile

Repose Roget’s Thesaurus §687

N. repose, rest, silken repose, sleep, # relaxation, breathing time, halt, stay, pause, respite, day of rest, dies non, sabbath, lord's day, holiday, red-letter day, vacation, recess

V. repose, rest, rest and be thankful, take a rest, take one's ease, take it easy, relax, unbend, slacken, take breath, rest upon one's oars, pause, stay one's hand, lie down, recline, recline on a bed of down, recline on an easy chair, go to rest, go to bed, go to sleep, take a holiday, shut up shop, lie fallow

Adj. reposing, relaxed, unstrained, unstressed

Adv. at rest, phr, "the best of men have ever loved repose", "to repair our nature with comforting repose"