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Meaning of repose

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  repose
      n 1: freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility);
           "took his repose by the swimming pool" [syn: {rest},
           {ease}, {repose}, {relaxation}]
      2: the absence of mental stress or anxiety [syn: {peace},
         {peacefulness}, {peace of mind}, {repose}, {serenity},
         {heartsease}, {ataraxis}]
      3: a disposition free from stress or emotion [syn: {repose},
         {quiet}, {placidity}, {serenity}, {tranquillity},
         {tranquility}]
      v 1: put or confide something in a person or thing; "These
           philosophers reposed the law in the people"
      2: be inherent or innate in; [syn: {rest}, {reside}, {repose}]
      3: lie when dead; "Mao reposes in his mausoleum"
      4: lean in a comfortable resting position; "He was reposing on
         the couch" [syn: {recumb}, {repose}, {recline}]
      5: put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table";
         "lay the patient carefully onto the bed" [syn: {lay}, {put
         down}, {repose}]
      6: to put something (eg trust) in something; "The nation reposed
         its confidence in the King"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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