Repose
noun
A state of rest or relaxation.
After a long day at work, she sought repose in her comfortable bed.
Often appears as...
- moments of repose
- in repose
verb
To relax or rest.
He repose on the sofa after dinner.
Often appears as...
- repose on
- repose in
verb
To place something, especially trust, in someone or something.
She reposes great faith in her son's ability.
Often appears as...
- repose faith in
- repose trust in
noun
A state of rest or relaxation.
After a long day at work, she sought repose in her comfortable bed.
Often appears as...
- moments of repose
- in repose
verb
To relax or rest.
He repose on the sofa after dinner.
Often appears as...
- repose on
- repose in
verb
To place something, especially trust, in someone or something.
She reposes great faith in her son's ability.
Often appears as...
- repose faith in
- repose trust in
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical or Mental
Repose can refer to both physical rest and mental relaxation.
The library was a place of mental repose for her.
Pro Tip 2/3Peaceful Imagery
Repose often conjures images of tranquility and peace.
The garden's serene repose was soothing.
Pro Tip 3/3Momentary Pause
Repose can be short, like a brief pause in a busy day.
She took a moment of repose between meetings.
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Abha Dawesar: Life in...
Why not buy his book? Tweet it. Share it. Like it. Find other books exactly like his. Find other people reading those books. Travel can be liberating, but when it is incessant, we become permanent exiles without repose. Choice is freedom, but not when it's constantly
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Safari Live - Day 150 PIPE...
I say I feel a bit discombobulated given the distance we walked in the lack of it content we've actually found I did see something in here oh yes this is what I want to talk about I want to talk about this die hid repose and contort us we
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Imaging at a trillion...
remember the time between each of those ripples is only a few trillionth of a second but it's also something funny going on here when you look at the ripples under the cap the ripples are moving away from us the repose should be
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The 5 Musketeers Have an...
and they often do it to themselves and then you have to add it to their identity kit they often repose in their ears to retreating bottoms what a lovely citing they've given us mum and little one it's see if I can see
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Mina Bissell:...
and that the tissue organization is dependent on the extracellular matrix and the microenvironment. All right, thus form and function interact dynamically and reciprocally. And here is another five seconds of repose,
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Chimamanda Ngozi...
Actually, we may repose part of a longer version of this talk. So, because gender can be a very uncomfortable conversation to have, there are very easy ways to close it, to close the conversation.
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Safari Live - Day 214 PIPE...
definitely in a state of deep repose right now and I'm not sure that anything's going to rouse him and then his son if I can get my fat bonds out of the way not far looking on in where I
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Safari Live - Day 23 PIPE...
they're also very satisfied with how the week has gone lying on their backs and sweet repose as the Sun has disappeared and night comes which is of course their time
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Safari Live - Day 304 PIPE...
captain sweet repose see she sleeps on her back that is the picture of a very comfortable animal not afraid of anything
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Safari Live - Day 312 PIPE...
grazing area so there's even all the tracks of this repose in this area
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Abha Dawesar: Life in...
Why not buy his book? Tweet it. Share it. Like it. Find other books exactly like his. Find other people reading those books. Travel can be liberating, but when it is incessant, we become permanent exiles without repose. Choice is freedom, but not when it's constantly
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 150 PIPE...
I say I feel a bit discombobulated given the distance we walked in the lack of it content we've actually found I did see something in here oh yes this is what I want to talk about I want to talk about this die hid repose and contort us we
Video examples
Imaging at a trillion...
remember the time between each of those ripples is only a few trillionth of a second but it's also something funny going on here when you look at the ripples under the cap the ripples are moving away from us the repose should be
Video examples
The 5 Musketeers Have an...
and they often do it to themselves and then you have to add it to their identity kit they often repose in their ears to retreating bottoms what a lovely citing they've given us mum and little one it's see if I can see
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Mina Bissell:...
and that the tissue organization is dependent on the extracellular matrix and the microenvironment. All right, thus form and function interact dynamically and reciprocally. And here is another five seconds of repose,
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Chimamanda Ngozi...
Actually, we may repose part of a longer version of this talk. So, because gender can be a very uncomfortable conversation to have, there are very easy ways to close it, to close the conversation.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 214 PIPE...
definitely in a state of deep repose right now and I'm not sure that anything's going to rouse him and then his son if I can get my fat bonds out of the way not far looking on in where I
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Safari Live - Day 23 PIPE...
they're also very satisfied with how the week has gone lying on their backs and sweet repose as the Sun has disappeared and night comes which is of course their time
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Safari Live - Day 304 PIPE...
captain sweet repose see she sleeps on her back that is the picture of a very comfortable animal not afraid of anything
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Safari Live - Day 312 PIPE...
grazing area so there's even all the tracks of this repose in this area
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Alain de Botton
English Writer
The solution as consumers is - perhaps surprisingly - to take adverts very, very seriously. We should ask ourselves what it is that we find lovely in them - the visions of friendship, togetherness, repose, or whatever. And then consider what would actually help us find these qualities in our lives.
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Jonathan Zittrain
American Educator
The last refuge of privacy cannot be placed solely in law or technology. It must repose in both, and a thoughtful combination of the two can help us thread a path between having all our secrets trivially discoverable and preserving nothing for our later selves for fear of that discovery.
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Gaston Bachelard
French Philosopher
The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not belong to us. It is not the possession of our being. Sleep opens within us an inn for phantoms. In the morning we must sweep out the shadows.
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French Philosopher
The longer I live, the more I feel that true repose consists in 'renouncing' one's own self, by which I mean making up one's mind to admit that there is no importance whatever in being 'happy' or 'unhappy' in the usual meaning of the words.
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Helena Blavatsky
Russian Author
To act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in accord with the tides. Ignorance of this law results in periods of unreasoning enthusiasm on the one hand, and depression on the other.
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Thomas Merton
American Author
Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is here that you discover act without motion, labor that is profound repose, vision in obscurity, and, beyond all desire, a fulfillment whose limits extend to infinity.
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James Stephens
Irish Poet
Man works outwardly and inwardly - after rest, he has energy; after energy, he needs repose; so, when we have given instruction for a time, we need instruction and must receive it, or the spirit faints and wisdom herself grows bitter.
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Czeslaw Milosz
Poet
Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of reality. Let your lie be even more logical than the truth itself, so the weary travelers may find repose.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
French Statesman
It is my wish that my ashes may repose on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom I have loved so well.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.
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Alain de Botton
English Writer
The solution as consumers is - perhaps surprisingly - to take adverts very, very seriously. We should ask ourselves what it is that we find lovely in them - the visions of friendship, togetherness, repose, or whatever. And then consider what would actually help us find these qualities in our lives.
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Jonathan Zittrain
American Educator
The last refuge of privacy cannot be placed solely in law or technology. It must repose in both, and a thoughtful combination of the two can help us thread a path between having all our secrets trivially discoverable and preserving nothing for our later selves for fear of that discovery.
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Gaston Bachelard
French Philosopher
The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not belong to us. It is not the possession of our being. Sleep opens within us an inn for phantoms. In the morning we must sweep out the shadows.
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French Philosopher
The longer I live, the more I feel that true repose consists in 'renouncing' one's own self, by which I mean making up one's mind to admit that there is no importance whatever in being 'happy' or 'unhappy' in the usual meaning of the words.
Quote examples
Helena Blavatsky
Russian Author
To act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in accord with the tides. Ignorance of this law results in periods of unreasoning enthusiasm on the one hand, and depression on the other.
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Thomas Merton
American Author
Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is here that you discover act without motion, labor that is profound repose, vision in obscurity, and, beyond all desire, a fulfillment whose limits extend to infinity.
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James Stephens
Irish Poet
Man works outwardly and inwardly - after rest, he has energy; after energy, he needs repose; so, when we have given instruction for a time, we need instruction and must receive it, or the spirit faints and wisdom herself grows bitter.
Quote examples
Czeslaw Milosz
Poet
Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of reality. Let your lie be even more logical than the truth itself, so the weary travelers may find repose.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
French Statesman
It is my wish that my ashes may repose on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom I have loved so well.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.
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