Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (I) Individual Volition
Section III. Voluntary Action
1. Simple Voluntary Action

687. Repose.

   NOUN:REPOSE, rest, silken repose; sleep [See Inactivity].
  relaxation, breathing time; halt, stay, pause (cessation) [See Cessation]; respite.
  DAY OF REST, dies non [L.], Sabbath Lord’s day, Sunday, First Day, holiday, red-letter day; gala day (amusement) [See Amusement]; vacation, recess.
   VERB:REPOSE; rest, rest and be thankful; take rest, take one’s ease.
  lie down; recline, recline on a bed of down, recline on an easychair; go to -rest, – bed, – sleep [See Inactivity].
  RELAX, unbend, slacken; take breath (refresh) [See Refreshment]; rest upon one’s oars; pause (cease) [See Cessation]; stay one’s hand.
  take a holiday, shut up shop; lie fallow (inaction) [See Inaction].
   ADJECTIVE:REPOSING &c. v.; unstrained.
  HOLIDAY, festal, ferial [rare]; sabbatic or sabbatical.
   ADVERB:at rest.
   QUOTATIONS:

1. The best of men have ever loved repose.—Thomson
2. To repair our nature with comforting repose.—Henry VIII
3. The nightly mercy of the eventide.—Masefield