Definition of "rest day" [rest day]

• A day set aside for rest (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "What much favoured this, was the fact that she speedily became very much attached to the whole family; with the single exception of Karen, between whom and herself there was an unallayed state of friction; a friction that probably served only to better Clam's relish of her dinner, while poor Karen declared "she didn't leave her no rest day nor night.""
• "Today was a rest day for him; Anda and Shandi were getting their formal reception at Errold's Grove."
• "His wise observance of the Sabbath, as a rest day for his command, was in wide contrast with the policy of the commander of Fort Bayard, New Mexico, to which post the 24th Infantry was later changed."