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    2. Correspond, suit, be agreeable to, accord.

Response, n. Answer, reply, replication, rejoinder.

Responsibility, n.

    1. Accountableness, accountability, responsibleness, liability, obligation, bounden duty.
    2. Trust, duty.

Responsible, a. Answerable, liable, accountable, amenable.

Responsibleness, n. See Responsibility.

Responsive, a.

    1. Answering.
    2. Suited, correspondent.

Responsory, n. (Mus.) Antiphonary.

Rest, n.

    1. Repose, quiet, quiescence, ease.
    2. Peace, tranquillity, peacefulness, security, stillness, quietness, quiet.
    3. Pause, cæsura, intermission, stop, stay, cessation, interval.
    4. Sleep, slumber.
    5. Death, the grave.
    6. Support, stay, brace.
    7. Remainder, residue, remnant, residuum, balance.
    8. Others.
    9. Overplus, surplus.