Meaning

noun freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

noun the absence of mental stress or anxiety

noun a disposition free from stress or emotion

originThe verb is derived from Middle English reposen (“to rest”), from Anglo-Norman reposer, reposir, and Middle French reposer, from Old French reposer, repauser (“to become calm; to be peaceful; to rest; to be immobile; to lie or be placed; to cease, stop; to neglect”) (modern French reposer), from Latin repausāre, the present active infinitive of repausō (“(Late Latin) to be at rest; to lie down,…

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