Definition of Repose

1. Noun. Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility). "Took his repose by the swimming pool"

Exact synonyms: Ease, Relaxation, Rest
Generic synonyms: Inactivity
Specialized synonyms: Bed Rest, Bedrest, Laziness, Lie-in, Dormancy, Quiescence, Quiescency, Sleeping, Leisure
Derivative terms: Relax, Rest

2. Verb. Put or confide something in a person or thing. "These philosophers reposed the law in the people"
Generic synonyms: Assign, Put

3. Noun. The absence of mental stress or anxiety.
Exact synonyms: Ataraxis, Heartsease, Peace, Peace Of Mind, Peacefulness, Serenity
Generic synonyms: Quietness, Quietude, Tranquility, Tranquillity
Derivative terms: Pacify

4. Verb. Be inherent or innate in.
Exact synonyms: Reside, Rest
Generic synonyms: Attach To, Inhere In

5. Noun. A disposition free from stress or emotion.
Exact synonyms: Placidity, Quiet, Serenity, Tranquility, Tranquillity
Generic synonyms: Calm, Calmness, Composure, Equanimity
Specialized synonyms: Ataraxia
Derivative terms: Placid, Quiet

6. Verb. Lie when dead. "Mao reposes in his mausoleum"
Generic synonyms: Lie

7. Verb. Lean in a comfortable resting position. "There repose some children in the rocking chair"; "He was reposing on the couch"
Exact synonyms: Recline, Recumb
Specialized synonyms: Rest
Generic synonyms: Lie
Related verbs: Recline
Derivative terms: Reclining, Recumbent

8. Verb. Put in a horizontal position. "Lay the patient carefully onto the bed"
Exact synonyms: Lay, Put Down
Generic synonyms: Lay, Place, Pose, Position, Put, Set
Specialized synonyms: Rail, Lay, Blow, Bury, Entomb, Inhume, Inter, Lay To Rest, Rebury
Causes: Lie
Also: Lay Aside, Lay Away, Lay Over, Put, Repose On

9. Verb. To put something (eg trust) in something. "The nation reposed its confidence in the King"
Generic synonyms: Lay, Place, Pose, Position, Put, Set

Definition of Repose

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

2. v. i. To lie at rest; to rest.

3. n. A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet.

Definition of Repose

1. Noun. (dated) rest, sleep ¹

2. Noun. quietness, ease; peace, calmness ¹

3. Noun. (context: geology) period between eruptions of a volcano. ¹

4. Verb. To lay, to set down. ¹

5. Verb. To confide or entrust to someone. ¹

6. Verb. To reside in something. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Repose

1. to lie at rest [v -POSED, -POSING, -POSES]

Medical Definition of Repose

1. 1. A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet. "Shake off the golden slumber of repose." (Shak) 2. Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment. 3. A rest; a pause. 4. That harmony or moderation which affords rest for the eue; 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. Angle of repose, the inclination of a plane at which a body placed on the plane would remain at rest, or if in motion would roll or side down with uniform velocity; the angle at which the various kinds of earth will stand when abandoned to themselves. Synonym: Rest, recumbency, reclination, ease, quiet, quietness, tranquillity, peace. Origin: F. Repos. See Repose. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Repose

reporting weight
reportingly
reportor
reportorial
reportorially
reportour
reports
repos
reposado
reposados
reposal
reposall
reposalls
reposals
reposance
repose (current term)
repose on
reposed
reposedly
reposeful
reposefully
reposefulness
reposefulnesses
reposer
reposers
reposes
reposest
reposeth
reposing
reposit

Literary usage of Repose

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The woman in white by Wilkie Collins (1871)
"Perfect repose of body and mind being to the last degree important in his case, ... repose by remaining in the house under circumstances of an essentially ..."

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