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Repose

rɪˈpəʊz

Repose definitions
noun
repose
  1. a state of rest, sleep, or tranquillity

    "in repose her face looked relaxed"

    • the state of being calm and composed

      "he had lost none of his grace or his repose"

    • harmonious arrangement of colours and forms, providing a restful visual effect

      "many of the qualities of the great Piero della Francescas—the sense of grand stasis, of timeless repose—seem strongly reincarnated in this work"

verb
repose reposed reposes reposing
  1. be situated or kept in a particular place

    "the diamond now reposes in the Louvre"

    lie be placed be set be situated be positioned be supported rest
    • lie down in rest

      "how sweetly he would repose in the four-poster bed"

    • lay something to rest in or on

      "I'll go to him, and repose our distresses on his friendly bosom"

    • give rest to

      "he halted to repose his way-worn soldiers"