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requiescence|rɛkwɪˈɛsəns|
[f. L. requiēscĕre (see prec.), after quiescence.]
A state of quiescence, rest, repose.
1654R. Flecknoe Ten Years Trav. 91, I am now arrived at Bruxelles..wanting nothing of that requiescence which every thing enjoys in that which it most desires. 1775Wraxall Tour N. Europe 216, I threw myself on the bed,..glad to retire to silence and requiescence. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. I. iii. viii, Such bolts..shall strike agitated Paris if not into requiescence, yet into wholesome astonishment. |