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English to English noun
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euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb) |  | Example: she was laid to rest beside her husband
they had to put their family pet to sleep
source: wordnet30
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Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death. | | source: webster1913
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