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The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word REST

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What does REST mean?

1. (of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
2. Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
3. Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
4. (of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
5. A final position after death.
6. A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
7. A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
8. Absence of motion.
9. A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.
10. Any object designed to be used to support something else.
11. A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
12. A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
13. A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
14. The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
15. A set or game at tennis.

1. To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
2. To come to a pause or an end; end.
3. To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
4. To be or to put into a state of rest.
5. To stay, remain, be situated.
6. To lean, lie, or lay.
7. To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.)
8. To sleep; slumber.
9. To lie dormant.
10. To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
11. To rely or depend on.
12. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.

1. That which remains.
2. Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
3. A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities.

1. To remain.

1. To arrest.

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