repose
/ɹəˈpoʊz/ noun C2- 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.
- Of the Virgin Mary: death; also assumption into heaven.
- The festival honouring the assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on August 15.
- The state of being peacefully inactive or relaxed, or being free from disturbances or worries; calmness, ease, peace, quietness.
- Calmness of the mind or temperament; composure.
- Of the face, a muscle, etc.: the state of being relaxed and not in tension.
- The state of lying still and unmoving; calmness, tranquillity; (countable) an instance of this.
- The arrangement of elements of an artwork, a building, etc., that is restful and soothing to a viewer; harmony.
Plural reposes
From the library
Through empty heaven without repose;
Owing to the very judicious plan of dividing the two acts of the opera with a ballet, the pauses between the performances are very short, the singers in the opera having time to repose themselves and change their costume, when necessary, while the dancers are executing their pirouettes and exhibiting their graceful steps.
There was only this blow wanting.” Then he said aloud, “My dear friend, your attack has, perhaps, fatigued you; had you not better repose awhile?
All these he bequeathed to me, with a thousand Roman crowns, which he had in ready money, on condition that I would have anniversary masses said for the repose of his soul, and that I would draw up a genealogical tree and history of his house.
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