Roget's Thesaurus

#687. Repose

Nouns

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.

Verbs

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.

Adjectives

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

Adverbs

at rest.

Phrases

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