different between repose vs relaxation

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English reposen (“to be at rest”), from Middle French reposer from Old French repauser from Late Latin repaus? (“to lay to rest, quiet; comfort, soothe; lie down, be at rest, rest”), from re- (“again, back”) +? paus? (“to halt, cease, pause, rest”), from Latin pausa (“pause, halt, stop, rest”) from Koine Greek ?????? (paûsis, “stopping, ceasing; pause”) from Ancient Greek ???? (paú?, “to make to rest; cease, stop, hinder, halt”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: r?-p?z?
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???po?z/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???p??z/
• Hyphenation: re?pose
• Rhymes: -??z

Noun

repose (countable and uncountable, plural reposes)

1. (dated) Rest; sleep.
   • 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

     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?

2. quietness; ease; peace; calmness.
   • c. 1805, Henry Francis Cary (translator), Dante, Divine Comedy, Inferno, Canto 10

     So may thy lineage find at last repose I thus adjured him
3. (geology) The period between eruptions of a volcano.
4. (art) A form of visual harmony that gives rest to the eye.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:calmness

Translations

Verb

repose (third-person singular simple present reposes, present participle reposing, simple past and past participle reposed)

1. (intransitive) To lie at rest; to rest.
2. (intransitive) To lie; to be supported.

   trap reposing on sand

3. (transitive) To lay, to set down.
   • 1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies, especially Minerals, &c

     Pebbles […] reposed in those cliffs amongst the earth […] are left behind.

4. (transitive) To place, have, or rest; to set; to entrust.
5. (transitive) To compose; to make tranquil.
6. (intransitive) To reside in something.
7. (intransitive, figuratively) To remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms.
   • 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening

     It is upon these that the soul may repose.

8. (intransitive, Eastern Orthodox Church) To die, especially of a saint.

   Simon reposed in the year 1287.

Translations

Etymology 2

re- +? pose

Verb

repose (third-person singular simple present reposes, present participle reposing, simple past and past participle reposed)

1. (transitive) To pose again.

Further reading

• repose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• repose in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• repose at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “repose”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Asturian

Verb

repose

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of reposar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.poz/

Verb

repose

1. inflection of reposer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

See also

• repos

Anagrams

• opères, opérés

Spanish

Verb

repose

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of reposar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of reposar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of reposar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of reposar.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin relaxatio, relaxationis; equivalent to relax +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??ilæk?se???n/, /???læk?se???n/

Noun

relaxation (countable and uncountable, plural relaxations)

1. The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.
2. 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

3. Remission or abatement of rigor.
4. Remission of attention or application.

   relaxation of efforts

5. Unbending; recreation; a state or occupation intended to give mental or bodily relief after effort.
6. (physics) The transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule from a higher energy level to a lower one; the opposite of excitation
7. (music) The release following musical tension.

Derived terms

• dielectric relaxation
• letter of relaxation

Related terms

• relax
• relaxable
• relaxant
• relaxate
• relaxative

Translations

References

• relaxation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.