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rest

noun
  1. freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
    relaxation
  2. a support on which things can be put
    “the gun was steadied on a special rest”
  3. a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration
  4. something left after other parts have been taken away
    residual
  5. euphemism for death, based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb
    “I was laid to rest beneath my favorite tree.”
    eternal restsleepeternal sleepquietus
  6. a state of inaction
    “a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon”
  7. a pause for relaxation
    “people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests”
    relief
verb
  1. be at rest
  2. stay the same
    stay
  3. take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
    breathecatch one's breathtake a breather
  4. give a rest to
    “I rested my bad leg for an hour after the softball game.”
  5. rest on or as if on a pillow
    pillow
  6. sit, as on a branch
    perchroost
  7. not move
    “be in a resting position”
  8. put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying
  9. be inactive, refrain from acting
    “The committee is resting over the summer”
  10. be inherent or innate in
    repose
  11. have a place in relation to something else
    lie