Word Meaning

Meaning of "repose" and the crossword clue

- Concerning stance of peaceful state
- Peace, tranquillity
- Quiet
- Stillness
- To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit.
- To lay at rest; to cause to be calm or quiet; to compose; to rest, -- often reflexive; as, to repose one's self on a couch.
- To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust.
- To lie at rest; to rest.
- Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms.
- To lie; to be supported; as, trap reposing on sand.
- A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet.
- Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment.
- A rest; a pause.
- That harmony or moderation which affords rest for the eye; -- opposed to the scattering and division of a subject into too many unconnected parts, and also to anything which is overstrained; as, a painting may want repose.