noun
- Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility. )
- usage: "took his repose by the swimming pool"
- synonyms: rest, ease, relaxation
- The absence of mental stress or anxiety.
- synonyms: peace, peacefulness, peace of mind, serenity, heartsease, ataraxis
- A disposition free from stress or emotion.
- synonyms: quiet, placidity, serenity, tranquillity, tranquility
verb
- Put or confide something in a person or thing.
- usage: "These philosophers reposed the law in the people"
- Be inherent or innate in;.
- Lie when dead.
- usage: "Mao reposes in his mausoleum"
- Lean in a comfortable resting position.
- usage: "He was reposing on the couch"
- Put in a horizontal position.
- usage: "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"
- To put something (eg trust) in something.
- usage: "The nation reposed its confidence in the King"
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