Unscramble repose

Definition of repose

noun:

• freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool". Synonyms: ease, relaxation, rest.
• the absence of mental stress or anxiety. Synonyms: ataraxis, heartsease, peace, peace of mind, peacefulness, serenity.
• a disposition free from stress or emotion. Synonyms: placidity, quiet, serenity, tranquility, tranquillity.

verb:

• put or confide something in a person or thing; "These philosophers reposed the law in the people".
• be inherent or innate in. Synonyms: reside, rest.
• lie when dead; "Mao reposes in his mausoleum".
• lean in a comfortable resting position; "He was reposing on the couch". Synonyms: recline, recumb.
• put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table", "lay the patient carefully onto the bed". Synonyms: lay, put down.
• to put something (eg trust) in something; "The nation reposed its confidence in the King".

Related words

ataraxia, bedrest, blow, bury, dormancy, entomb, inhume, inter, lay, laziness, leisure, quiescence, quiescency, rail, rebury, rest, sleeping.

Words nearby

depose, prepose.

Rhymes with

bose, close, clothes, compose, decompose, depose, disclose, dispose, doze, enclose, expose, foreclose, hose, impose, interpose, jocose, juxtapose, nose, oppose, overexpose.