| NOUN | act | repose, rest, ease, relaxation | freedom from activity (work or strain / strain or responsibility) |
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| feeling | repose, peace, peacefulness, peace of mind, serenity, heartsease, ataraxis | the absence of mental stress or anxiety | |
| attribute | repose, quiet, placidity, serenity, tranquillity, tranquility | a disposition free from stress or emotion | |
| VERB | consumption | repose | put or confide something in a person or thing |
| stative | repose, rest, reside | be inherent or innate in | |
| contact | repose | lie when dead | |
| contact | repose, recumb, recline | lean in a comfortable resting position | |
| contact | repose, lay, put down | put in a horizontal position | |
| contact | repose | to put something (eg trust) in something |
| Sounds | riypow'z | |
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| Rhymes | Ambrose ... Windows: 49 rhymes with owz... | |
| Meaning | freedom from activity (work or strain / strain or responsibility). | |
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| Example | "took his repose by the swimming pool" | |
| Synonyms | rest, ease, relaxation | |
| Narrower | bedrest, bed rest | confinement to bed continuously (as in the case of some sick or injured persons) |
| laziness | Relaxed and easy activity | |
| leisure | freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity | |
| lie-in | A long stay in bed in the morning | |
| quiescence, quiescency, dormancy, sleeping | quiet and inactive restfulness | |
| Broader | inactivity | Inactive |
| Spanish | relajamiento, relax, reposo | |
| Catalan | repòs | |
| Verbs | repose | lean in a comfortable resting position |
| Meaning | The absence of mental stress or anxiety. | |
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| Synonyms | peace, peacefulness, peace of mind, serenity, heartsease, ataraxis | |
| Broader | tranquillity, tranquility, quietness, quietude | A state of peace and quiet |
| Spanish | ataraxia, ataraxis, paz, reposo, serenidad, sosiego, tranquilidad de espíritu, tranquilidad | |
| Catalan | ataraxis, pau, repòs, serenitat | |
| Meaning | A disposition free from stress or emotion. | |
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| Synonyms | quiet, placidity, serenity, tranquillity, tranquility | |
| Narrower | ataraxia | peace of mind |
| Broader | composure, calm, calmness, equanimity | steadiness of mind under stress |
| Spanish | calma, placidez, serenidad, sosiego, tranquilidad | |
| Catalan | assossec, calma, serenitat, tranquil·litat | |
| Meaning | put or confide something in a person or thing. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "These philosophers reposed the law in the people" | |
| Broader | put, assign | Attribute or give |
| Meaning | Be inherent or innate in. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonyms | rest, reside | |
| Broader | inhere in, attach to | Be part of |
| Spanish | descansar, reposar, residir | |
| Catalan | descansar, reposar, residir | |
| Meaning | lie when dead. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "Mao reposes in his mausoleum" | |
| Broader | lie | Be lying, be prostrate |
| Spanish | descansar, reposar | |
| Catalan | reposar | |
| Meaning | Lean in a comfortable resting position. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | The children repose in the rocking chair; There repose some children in the rocking chair | |
| Synonyms | recumb, recline | |
| Narrower | rest | Be at rest |
| Broader | lie | Be lying, be prostrate |
| Similar to | recline | Cause to recline |
| Nouns | repose | freedom from activity (work or strain / strain or responsibility) |
| Meaning | put in a horizontal position. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | lay, put down | |
| Cause to | lie | Be lying, be prostrate |
| Narrower | blow | lay eggs |
| bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest | place in a grave or tomb | |
| lay | lay eggs | |
| rail | lay with rails | |
| rebury | bury again | |
| Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay | Put into a certain place or abstract location |
| See also | repose on | be based on |
| Spanish | acostar, colocar, poner, tumbar | |
| Catalan | tombar | |
| Meaning | To put something (eg trust) in something. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "The nation reposed its confidence in the King" | |
| Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay | Put into a certain place or abstract location |
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