Meaning & Definition of Repose in English

1. Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

• "Took his repose by the swimming pool"

2. The absence of mental stress or anxiety

3. A disposition free from stress or emotion

1. Put or confide something in a person or thing

• "These philosophers reposed the law in the people"

2. Be inherent or innate in

3. Lie when dead

• "Mao reposes in his mausoleum"

4. Lean in a comfortable resting position

• "He was reposing on the couch"

5. Put in a horizontal position

• "Lay the books on the table"

• "Lay the patient carefully onto the bed"

6. To put something (eg trust) in something

• "The nation reposed its confidence in the king"