[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

repose \repose"\, n. f. repos. see repose, v.
   1. a lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet.
      1913 webster

            shake off the golden slumber of repose. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also,
      a composed manner or deportment.
      1913 webster

   3. poetic a rest; a pause.
      1913 webster

   4. fine arts 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.
      1913 webster

   angle of repose physics, the inclination of a plane at
      which a body placed on the plane would remain at rest, or
      if in motion would roll or slide down with uniform
      velocity; the angle at which the various kinds of earth
      will stand when abandoned to themselves.
      1913 webster

   syn: rest; recumbency; reclination; ease; quiet; quietness;
        tranquillity; peace.
        1913 webster
see also:
repose angle of repose 

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