rest on

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	rest on - rest on for support; "you can lean on me if you get tired" lean against, lean on adjoin, contact, touch, meet - be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"
	2.	rest on - be based on; of theories and claims, for example; "What's this new evidence based on?" build on, build upon, repose on depend on, depend upon, devolve on, hinge on, hinge upon, turn on, ride - be contingent on; "The outcomes rides on the results of the election"; "Your grade will depends on your homework" owe - be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense; "This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory"

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noun

1. A pause or interval, as from work or duty:

break, intermission, recess, respite, time-out.

Informal: breather.

2. Freedom from labor, responsibility, or strain:

ease, leisure, relaxation, repose.

3. The act or fact of dying:

death, decease, demise, dissolution, extinction, passing, quietus.

Slang: curtain (used in plural).

verb

1. To take repose by ceasing work or other effort for an interval of time:

relax, unbend, unwind.

Idioms: lead the life of Riley, take it easy.

2. To take repose, as by sleeping or lying quietly:

lie (down), recline, repose, stretch (out).

3. To have an inherent basis:

consist, dwell, exist, inhere, lie, repose, reside.

4. To provide a basis for:

base, build, establish, found, ground, predicate, root, underpin.

phrasal verb
rest on or upon

To be determined by or contingent on something unknown, uncertain, or changeable:

depend on (or upon), hang on, hang upon, hinge on (or upon), turn on, turn upon.

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