reposes

Noun

repose (countable and uncountable, plural reposes)

1. (uncountable) Temporary cessation from activity to rest and recover, especially in the form of sleep; rest; (countable) an instance of this; a break, a rest; a sleep.
   • So forth ſhe rode vvithout repoſe or reſt, / Searching all lands and each remoteſt part, […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 6, page 445
   1. (broadly, uncountable) Of the Virgin Mary: death; also assumption into heaven.
   2. (broadly, countable, Eastern Orthodoxy) The festival honouring the assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on August 15.
2. (uncountable) The state of being peacefully inactive or relaxed, or being free from disturbances or worries; calmness, ease, peace, quietness.
   • [T]he Felicity of this life, conſiſteth not in the repoſe of a mind ſatisfied.1651, Thomas Hobbes, “Of the Difference of Manners”, in Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill, London: […] [William Wilson] for Andrew Crooke, […]...

   Synonyms:

   peace of mind, calmness, calm, quietism, even-mindedness, inner peace, presence of mind, peace, peacefulness, phlegm

3. (uncountable) Calmness of the mind or temperament; composure.
   • But lord! she goes with so blithe a repose, / And comes so shapely about you, / That ere you're aware, with a glance and an air, / She whisks your heart from out you.1815, Leigh Hunt, “[Translations, &c.] Song. (To the Air of ‘The De’il Came Fiddling through the Town.’).”, in The Feast of the Poets, […], 2nd edition, London: […] Gale and Fenner, […], →OCLC, page...
4. (uncountable) Of the face, a muscle, etc.: the state of being relaxed and not in tension.
   • In repose the faces of the men were intelligent and dignified, those of the women ofttimes prepossessing.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 126

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