resting
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Definitions ofresting
- To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
- To come to a pause or an end; end.
- To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
- To be or to put into a state of rest.
Example: "I shall not rest until I have uncovered the truth."
- To stay, remain, be situated.
Example: "The blame seems to rest with your father."
- To lean, lie, or lay.
Example: "A column rests on its pedestal."
- To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.)
Example: "I rest my case."
- To sleep; slumber.
- To lie dormant.
- To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
- To rely or depend on.
Example: "The decision rests on getting a bank loan."
- To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
- To remain.
- To arrest.
- The action of rest
Synonyms: confidence, inactivity, reliance, repose
- A place where one can rest; a resting-place.
- A pause; a break; an interlude.
Synonyms: hiatus, moratorium, recess
- That rests; that is not in action or in the process of growth.
- Unemployed; out of work.
- Remaining; stationary.
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