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repose
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repose
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restfulness; calm |
| Synonyms: | ease, inaction, inactivity, leisure, peace, quiet, quietness, quietude, refreshment, relaxation, relaxing, renewal, requiescence, respite, rest, restoration, sleep, slumber, stillness, tranquillity |
| Antonyms: | agitation, disturbance, upset, worry |
| Concept: | Repose. |
| Category: | 1. Simple voluntary action |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
repose, rest, silken repose; sleep., relaxation, breathing time; halt, stay, pause (cessation); respite., day of rest, dies non, Sabbath, Lord's day, holiday, red-letter day, vacation, recess.
-verbs
repose; rest, rest and be thankful; take a rest, take one's ease., relax, unbend, slacken; take breath (refresh); rest upon one's oars; pause (cease); 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 [more]., take a holiday, shut up shop; lie fallow (inaction).
-adjectives
reposing; unstrained.
-adverbs
at rest.
-phrases
"the best of men have ever loved repose" [Thompson]; "to repair our nature with comforting repose" [Henry VIII].
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| Antonyms: | exertion |
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| Main Entry: | calm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quietness, composure |
| Synonyms: | calmness, dispassion, doldrums, hush, impassivity, imperturbation, lull, patience, peace, peace of mind, peacefulness, placidity, quiet, repose, rest, restraint, serenity, silence, stillness, stoicism, tranquility |
| Antonyms: | agitation, anger, madness, restlessness, storminess, terror, turbulence, violence |
| Main Entry: | comfort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good feeling; ease |
| Synonyms: | abundance, alleviation, amenity, assuagement, bed of roses, cheer, cheerfulness, complacency, contentment, convenience, coziness, creature comforts, enjoyment, exhilaration, facility, gratification, happiness, luxury, opulence, peacefulness, pleasure, plenty, poise, quiet, relaxation, relief, repose, rest, restfulness, satisfaction, snugness, succor, sufficiency, warmth, well-being |
| Antonyms: | aggravation, annoyance, bother, botheration, distress, exasperation, irritation, torment, torture |
| Main Entry: | composure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calmness, collectedness |
| Synonyms: | accord, aplomb, assurance, balance, calm, contentment, control, cool head, cool*, coolheadedness, coolness, dignity, dispassion, ease, equanimity, equilibrium, even temper, evenness, fortitude, harmony, imperturbability, inexcitability, levelheadedness, moderation, nonchalance, peace of mind, placidity, poise, polish, presence of mind, quiet, quietude, repose, sang-froid, sedateness, self-assurance, self-control, self-possession, serenity, sobriety, stability, tranquility |
| Antonyms: | agitation, arousal, discomposure, excitement, perturbedness, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exist, reside |
| Synonyms: | abide, be, be contained in, be expressed by, be found in, dwell, inhere, lie, repose, rest, subsist |
| Main Entry: | death |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end of life |
| Synonyms: | afterlife, annihilation, bereavement, casualty, cessation, curtains, darkness, decease, demise, departure, destruction, dissolution, downfall, dying, end, ending, eradication, eternal rest, euthanasia, exit, expiration, extermination, extinction, fatality, finis, finish, grave, grim reaper, heaven, loss, mortality, necrosis, obliteration, oblivion, paradise, parting, passing, passing over, quietus, release, repose, ruin, ruination, silence, sleep, termination, tomb |
| Antonyms: | being, birth, entity, existence, life, living |
| Main Entry: | deposit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | locate, put in place for safekeeping |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, amass, bank, collect, commit, deliver, ditch, drop, entrust, garner, give in trust, hoard, install, invest, keep, lay, lay away, park, place, plant*, plop, plunk down, plunk, precipitate, put aside, put by, repose, rest, salt away, save, settle, sit down, sock away, squirrel away, stash, stock up, store, stow, transfer, treasure |
| Antonyms: | take away, take out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | downtime |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | time during which an activity is stopped |
| Synonyms: | break, breathing spell, free time, freedom, halt, interim, interlude, intermission, letup, lull, pause, recess, repose, respite, rest, spare time, spell, stay, suspension, time on one's hands, time out, time to burn, time to kill |
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