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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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at rest bed rest day of rest Dominicus eternal sleep half rest pause quarter rest remainder remnant repose residue respite rest rest area rest day rest energy rest home rest mass			We rest on Sunday, because the commandment requires it; the Germans rest on Sunday because the commandment requires it. A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context Ona and her cousin dragged a mattress into the parlor and slept at night, and the three men and the oldest boy slept in the other room, having nothing but the very level floor to rest on for the present. The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context And so he is at rest on all sides, and consequently he carries out his revenge calmly and successfully, being persuaded that he is doing a just and honest thing. Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context			responser responsibility responsible responsible for responsibleness responsibly Responsion responsive responsiveness responsor Responsorial responsory responsum respray Ressaldar ressentiment rest rest and recuperation rest area rest cure rest day rest energy rest home rest house rest mass rest on rest period rest room rest stop rest up rest-cure Rest-harrow rest-home restage Restagnant Restagnate Restagnation Restant restart restart at . . . restate restatement restaurant restaurant attendant restaurant car restaurant chain restaurant owner restauranter Restaurate restaurateur Restauration			rest jaw relation rest jaw relation rest joint position rest magma rest mass rest mass rest mass rest masses rest masses rest masses rest occlusion rest occlusion rest occlusion rest occlusion Rest of Africa Rest of Bill of Materials Rest of Board Rest of Canada Rest of Caribbean Rest of Europe Rest of Latin America Rest of North America Rest of Route Unchanged Rest of South East Rest Of The Afternoon Off Rest of the world Rest of Virginia Rest of Virginia Rest of Virginia Rest of world rest on rest on (one's) laurels rest on (one's) laurels rest on laurels rest on laurels rest on laurels rest on your laurels rest pain rest pain rest pain rest pain Rest pause rest period rest period rest point rest position rest position rest position rest position rest position rest potential rest relation rest relation rest relation rest relation Rest room Rest room Rest room Rest room rest seat rest seat

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