Dictionary Definition
repose
Noun
1 freedom from activity (work or strain or
responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool" [syn:
rest, ease, relaxation]
2 the absence of mental stress or anxiety [syn:
peace, peacefulness, peace of
mind, serenity,
heartsease, ataraxis]
3 a disposition free from stress or emotion [syn:
quiet, placidity, serenity, tranquillity, tranquility]
Verb
1 put or confide something in a person or thing;
"These philosophers reposed the law in the people"
3 lie when dead; "Mao reposes in his
mausoleum"
5 put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on
the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed" [syn: lay, put down]
6 to put something (eg trust) in something; "The
nation reposed its confidence in the King"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊz
Noun
- rest, sleep
- quietness, ease; peace, calmness
- In the context of "geology": period between eruptions of a volcano.
Translations
rest
- Portuguese: repouso
quietness
- Portuguese: repouso
period between eruptions of a volcano
- Portuguese: repouso
French
Pronunciation
Verb
reposeSee also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abide,
abide in, abnegation,
abstinence, accubation, accumbency, ataraxia, ataraxy, be, be coextensive with, be comprised
in, be constituted by, be contained in, be found, be located, be
present in, be situated, be still, beauty sleep, bed, bed down, beddy-bye, bedtime, blanket drill, bye-bye,
calm, calmness, catnap, coast, comfort, composure, confide in,
conservatism,
consist in, constraint, contemplation, continence, control, convenience, cool, couch, crawl, curl up, decumbency, deem trustworthy,
depend on, deposit,
dispassion, doze, dreamland, drowse, dwell in, ease, equanimity, evenness, exist in, fitful
sleep, forty winks, free time, freedom, freeze, gentleness, go to bed, go to
rest, golden mean, goof-off time, grovel, happy medium, hibernation, idle hours,
impartiality,
imperturbability,
inactivity, inhabit, inhere in, judiciousness,
juste-milieu, keep quiet, land of Nod, lay, lay down, leisure, lenity, lie, lie down, lie flat, lie in, lie
limply, lie prone, lie prostrate, lie still, light sleep, lodge, loll, lounge, lounging, lucid stillness,
lying, mark time,
marmoreal repose, meden agan, middle way, mildness, moderateness, moderation, moderationism, nap, neutrality, nirvana, nonviolence, not breathe,
not stir, nothing in excess, odd moments, pacifism, peace, peacefulness, place
confidence in, placidity, placidness, poise, proneness, prostration, prudence, put down, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietism, quietness, quietude, reclination, recline, reclining, recumbency, refreshment, relaxation, rely on, remain, remain motionless,
renewal, repose in,
reposit, reside in,
respite, rest, rest in, restfulness, restoration, restraint, retirement, satori, self-abnegation,
self-control, self-denial, self-possession, self-restraint,
semiretirement,
serenity, set down,
settle to rest, shut-eye, siesta, silence, silken repose, sleep, sleepland, sleepwalking, slumber, slumberland, snooze, snoozle, snug down, sobriety, somnambulism, somniloquy, somnus, spare time, sprawl, stability, stand, stand fast, stand firm,
stand still, stay, stay
put, steadiness,
stick, stick fast,
stillness, stretch
out, subsist in, supineness, take it easy,
take life easy, tarry,
temperance, temperateness, think
reliable, time, time to
kill, time to spare, tranquillity, tread water,
trust, trust implicitly,
trust in, unbuttoned ease, unconsciousness,
unexcessiveness,
unextravagance,
unextremeness, via
media, winter sleep, wise passiveness