repose

Roget-categorie 687

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.3. Voluntary action
›› 5.3.1. Simple voluntary action

#687. Repose

zelfstandig naamwoord

repose, rest, silken repose — sleep etc. 683.
relaxation, breathing time — halt, stay, pause etc. (cessation) 142 — respite.
day of rest, dies non, Sabbath, Lord's day, holiday, red-letter day, vacation, recess.

werkwoord

repose — rest, rest and be thankful — take a rest, take one's ease, take it easy.
relax, unbend, slacken — take breath etc. (refresh) 689 — rest upon one's oars — pause etc. (cease) 142 — 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 etc. 683.
take a holiday, shut up shop — lie fallow etc. (inaction) 681.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

reposing etc. v. [of people]; relaxed etc. v. — unstrained.
[of materials and people] unstressed.

bijwoord

at rest.

uitdrukking

The best of men have ever loved repose" [Thompson]; to repair our nature with comforting repose" [Henry VIII].

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