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Repose vs Relaxation - What's the difference?

repose | relaxation | Related terms |

Repose is a related term of relaxation.


As a verb repose

is .

As a noun relaxation is

the act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.

repose

English

Noun

  • (dated) rest, sleep
  • * 1908 ,
  • Dark and deserted as it was, the night was full of small noises, song and chatter and rustling, telling of the busy little population who were up and about, plying their trades and vocations through the night till sunshine should fall on them at last and send them off to their well-earned repose .
  • *
  • You would not rob us of our repose , would you, comrades? You would not have us too tired to carry out our duties?
  • quietness, ease; peace, calmness
  • * Dante Divine Comedy,Inferno, Canto 10
  • So may thy lineage find at last repose I thus adjured him
  • (geology) period between eruptions of a volcano.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

  • To lie at rest; to rest.
  • * Chapman
  • Within a thicket I reposed .
  • To lie; to be supported.
  • trap reposing on sand
  • To lay, to set down.
  • * Chapman
  • But these thy fortunes let us straight repose / In this divine cave's bosom.
  • * Woodward
  • Pebbles reposed in those cliffs amongst the earth are left behind.
  • To place, have, or rest; to set; to entrust.
  • * Shakespeare
  • The king reposeth all his confidence in thee.
  • To reside in something.
  • (figuratively) To remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms.
  • * I. Taylor
  • It is upon these that the soul may repose .

    relaxation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.
  • A diminution of tone, tension, or firmness; specifically in pathology: a looseness; a diminution of the natural and healthy tone of parts.
  • relaxation of the soft palate
  • Remission or abatement of rigor.
  • Remission of attention or application.
  • relaxation of efforts
  • Unbending; recreation; a state or occupation intended to give mental or bodily relief after effort.
  • (physics) The transition of an atom or molecule from a higher energy level to a lower one.
  • (music) The release following musical tension.
  • Derived terms

    * dielectric relaxation * letter of relaxation

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