Emily Dickinson Lexicon

responsible, adj. [Fr. < L. respondēre, respond.]

Accountable for something; as duties, or actions; answerable.

responsive, adj. [Fr. responsif or late L. responsīv-us.]

Answering; making reply; reacting to.

rest, n¹. [OE ræst.] (webplay: battle, bed, cloud, day, dead, death, down, dust, God, hand, head, heart, heaven, home, hope, land, lay, left, lies, mind, music, native, obtained, others, peace, place, reading, remain, repose, reward, sea, sleep, stand, state, still, stop, thing, tranquil, truth, wait, work, years).

1. Relaxation; repose; rejuvenation; cessation of activity.
2. Stillness; calm; quiet; tranquility; peace of mind.
3. Death; the repose of the grave.
4. Phrase. “At rest”: Calm; peaceful; without motion; staying still.
5. Phrase. “At rest”: Motionless in death.
6. Phrase. “Put to rest”: Pacify; make calm; make still.

rest, n². [Fr. reste.] (webplay: battle, cloud, day, dead, death, die, down, fear, glad, head, heart, Heaven, home, lay, lean, left, Lord, nature, others, quiet, place, promise, remain, retire, retires, satisfied, sleep, souls, state, still, stop, trust, wait, years).

1. Others; members of a particular group who are different.
2. Other similar or lesser things not mentioned.
3. Remainder; balance; part that is left to be gone through.
4. Other parts; remainder; balance.

rest (-ed, -ing, -s), v. [OE restan.] (webplay: bed, church, day, death, die, dust, hand, head, heart, Heaven, lie, lowly, meek, mind, nature, pause, souls, still, stop, trust, voice, wandering, weary).

1. To give relief. 1410 it would rest my heart / But it would ravage theirs
2. To cease from action.
3. To be tranquil.
4. To be supported by something.

restitute (-s), v. [ppl. stem of L. restituěre, re- + stituěre, to set up.]

To restore to a former state; fo fulfil a debt; to right a wrong; to give back, repay, return; to fix an error.

restitution, n. [OFr, see restitute, v.]

The act of recovering a former state or posture; fixing a wrong; paying for it.

restore, v. [OFr restorer < L. restaurāre.]

1. To return or give back something to its original owner, as a specific thing which was lost or taken and unjustly detained.
2. To replace; to return; as a person or thing to a former place or state; to bring back.

restored, verbal adj. [see restore, v.]

Recovered; healed; renewed; refreshed; brought back to original state; [fig.] resurrected.

restrain (-ing), v. [OFr restrei(g)n- < L. restringěre, to bind fast,confine.]

To hold back; to check; to hold from action by physical or moral force. To hinder from unlimited enjoyment. To confine or discipline.