quiescence

Roget category 265

2. Words relating to space
› 2.4. Motion
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#265. 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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