relaxation, breathing time; halt, stay, pause &c (cessation) 142;
respite.
day of rest, dies non, Sabbath, Lord's day, holiday, red-letter
day, vacation, recess.
V. repose; rest, rest and be thankful; take a rest, take one's ease,
take it easy.
relax, unbend, slacken; take breath &c (refresh) 689; rest upon
one's oars; pause &c (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 &c 683.
take a holiday, shut up shop; lie fallow &c (inaction) 681.
Adj. reposing &c v. [of people]; relaxed &c v.; unstrained.
[of materials and people] unstressed.
Adv. at rest.
Phr. The best of men have ever loved repose [Thompson]; to repair our
nature with comforting repose [Henry VIII].