1. Freedom from activity (work, strain or responsibility)
   "took his repose by the swimming pool";
   - rest, ease, relaxation
    
2. The absence of mental stress or anxiety
   "Meditation helped her achieve repose of mind";
   - peace, peacefulness, peace of mind, serenity, heartsease, ataraxis
    
3. A disposition free from stress or emotion
   "Her repose in the face of chaos calmed others";
   - quiet, placidity, serenity, tranquillity, tranquility [N. Amer]

1. Lean in a comfortable resting position
   "He was reposing on the couch";
   - recumb [rare], recline
    
2. Put in a horizontal position
   "repose the books on the table";
   - lay, put down
    
3. Lie when dead
   "Mao reposes in his mausoleum"
    
4. Put or confide something in a person or thing
   "These philosophers reposed the law in the people"
    
5. Be inherent or innate in
   "The power to make decisions reposes in the committee";
   - rest, reside
    
6. To put something (e.g. trust) in something
   "The nation reposed its confidence in the King"

Derived forms: reposed, reposes, reposing

See also: build on

Type of: assign, attach to, calm, calmness, collectedness, composure, equanimity, inactivity, inhere in, lay, lie, peace, place, pose, position, put, quietness, quietude, set, tranquility [N. Amer], tranquillity, unflappability

Encyclopedia: Repose, Altar of