quiescence
Roget category 265
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Quiescence
noun
rest —
stillness
etc.
adj. —
quiescence —
stagnation,
stagnancy —
fixity,
immobility,
catalepsy —
indisturbance† —
quietism.
quiet,
tranquility,
calm —
repose
etc.
687 —
peace —
dead calm,
anticyclone† —
statue-like repose —
silence
etc.
203 —
not a breath of air,
not a mouse stirring —
sleep
etc.
(inactivity)
683.
pause,
lull
etc.
(cessation)
142 —
stand still —
standing still
etc.
v. —
lock —
dead lock,
dead stop,
dead stand —
full stop —
fix —
embargo.
resting place —
gite [Fr.] —
bivouac —
home
etc.
(abode)
189 —
pillow
etc.
(support)
215 —
haven
etc.
(refuge)
666 —
goal
etc.
(arrival)
292.
verb
be quiescent
etc.
adj. —
stand still,
lie still —
keep quiet,
repose,
hold the breath.
remain,
stay —
stand,
lie to,
ride at anchor,
remain in situ,
tarry,
mark time —
bring to,
heave to,
lay to —
pull up,
draw up —
hold,
halt —
stop,
stop short —
rest,
pause,
anchor —
cast to an anchor,
come to an anchor —
rest on one's oars —
repose on one's laurels,
take breath —
stop
etc.
(discontinue)
142.
stagnate —
quieta non movere [Lat.] —
let alone —
abide,
rest and be thankful —
keep within doors,
stay at home,
go to bed.
dwell
etc.
(be present)
186 —
settle
etc.
(be located)
184 —
alight
etc.
(arrive)
292 —
stick,
stick fast —
stand like a post —
not stir a peg,
not stir a step —
be at a stand
etc.
n..
quell,
becalm,
hush,
stay,
lull to sleep,
lay an embargo on.
adjective
quiescent,
still —
motionless,
moveless —
fixed —
stationary —
immotile —
at rest at a stand,
at a standstill,
at anchor —
stock,
still —
standing still
etc.
v. —
sedentary,
untraveled,
stay-at-home —
becalmed,
stagnant,
quiet —
unmoved,
undisturbed,
unruffled —
calm,
restful —
cataleptic —
immovable
etc.
(stable)
150 —
sleeping
etc.
(inactive)
683 —
silent
etc.
403 —
still as a statue,
still as a post,
still as a mouse,
still as death —
vegetative,
vegetating.
adverb
at a stand
etc.
adj. —
tout court —
at the halt.
interjection
stop!,
stay!,
avast!,
halt!,
hold hard!,
whoa!,
hold!,
sabr karo! †.
phrase
requiescat in pace [Lat.] —
Deus nobis haec otia fecit [Lat.]
[Vergil];
the noonday quiet holds the hill"
[Tennyson].
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