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Rest period   /rɛst pˈɪriəd/   Listen
Rest period

noun
1.
A pause for relaxation.  Synonyms: relief, respite, rest.






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"Rest period" Quotes from Famous Books



... the one minute rest period; and he fought through the ninth round carefully. The lad realized now that, so far, Harris had the better of the encounter and that, if he hoped to win, it must be by a knockout. So, while Harris was trying in vain to ...
— The Boy Allies at Jutland • Robert L. Drake

... with the eastbound mail, going back over his own division and into Red Buttes without delay or mishap—an aggregate run of three hundred and twenty-two miles. This was probably the longest continuous performance without formal rest period in the history of this ...
— The Story of the Pony Express • Glenn D. Bradley

... life. During this pause the shining, which had begun to appear, dies away. The separation takes place during a "cosmic night," as it were. Yet this interval of rest is much shorter than the one between the Saturn and Sun evolutions mentioned above. At the expiration of the rest period the Lords of Wisdom work for a while on the two-fold being of man, just as they had previously done on the undivided being. Then the Lords of Motion begin their activity. They cause their own astral body to stream through ...
— An Outline of Occult Science • Rudolf Steiner



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