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'Rest' may refer to:

★ To relax or take time off; see leisure

★ Rest (music), a pause in a piece of music

★ Rest (physics), the relation between two observers

★ Rest (fitness), a period of relative inactivity to allow recovery and growth

★ In chemistry, a rest (abbreviated R) is a variable part of a molecule attached to a given core structure; see functional group and side chain

★ (From "arrest" meaning to stop), a cup near the armpit on the side of medieval jousting and cavalry armour, in which the butt-end of the lance was placed to prevent it being driven back after striking the opponent at full charge; used as a verb: "to rest the lance"; prepositionally: "the lance in rest"

★ A forked support for a heavy musket, using an iron ground spike, and carried by infantry till the end of the 17th century

★ In British English, any of several varieties of for supporting a billiards, pool or snooker cue, used when the cue ball is out of reach of the natural rest formed by the hand

★ A synonym of bank reserves, in the terminology of the Bank of England

★ "Rest", a song by Avail from their 2000 album ''One Wrench''

★ Representational State Transfer, in software engineering an architectural style based on accessing resources, abbreviated 'REST'

★ reStructuredText, a markup language abbreviated 'ReST' or 'reST'

★ REST, Restricted Environmental Stimulation Technique/Therapy, a sensory deprivation technique, see 'isolation tank'