Definition of "repose" []

The act of resting or the state of being at rest. (noun)
Freedom from worry; peace of mind. (noun)
Calmness; tranquillity. (noun)
To lay (oneself) down. (verb-transitive)
To rest or relax (oneself). (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "repose" in a sentence

"The long list of occupations which you call 'repose' is enough to wear out any constitution, even one which is so admirably knit as yours."
"She never talked of herself, so that it were well to let it go down that when in repose, expurgated, Greek she certainly was."
"He was not a big man, but his voice boomed, and his hands were meaty, and in repose there was something august about his heavy midwestern features: pale blue eyes that, in the absence of hopefulness, might have looked severe; prominent, straight nose and heavy jowls that, in the absence of mirth, might have seemed imperious and disapproving."

Words like "repose"

assign inhere in lay lie

place pose position put

quietness quietude reposed

reposes

reposing set tranquility tranquillity