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покой — meaning in English

pokoy

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English meaning

  • calm adj Free from anxiety, agitation, or strong emotion; peaceful.
  • quiescence noun The state of being quiescent; dormancy.
  • repose noun A state of rest or calm, especially after activity, or a period of sleep.
  • rest noun Relief from work or activity, especially by sleeping or relaxing.

Senses

покой is used for these senses in English:

  • calm (in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
  • calm (in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
  • quiescence The action of bringing something to rest or making it quiescent; the action of coming to rest or to a quiescent state.
  • repose (uncountable) The state of being peacefully inactive or relaxed, or being free from disturbances or worries; calmness, ease, peace, quietness.
  • rest (euphemistic, uncountable) A final position after death. Also, death itself: "Not alone, not alone would I go to my rest in the heart of the love..." -- George William Russell ("Love")

calm — full definition

  1. adj Free from anxiety, agitation, or strong emotion; peaceful.
  2. noun A state of peace, quiet, or absence of disturbance.
  3. verb To make calm, or to become calm.

quiescence — full definition

  1. noun The state of being quiescent; dormancy.
  2. noun The state of being at rest, quiet, still, inactive, or motionless.
  3. noun The action of bringing something to rest or making it quiescent; the action of coming to rest or to a quiescent state.
  4. noun The period when a cell is in a term of no growth and no division.

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