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REST DAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
day of rest; rest day
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("rest day" is a kind of...):
day of the week (any one of the seven days in a week)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rest day"):
Dominicus; Lord's Day; Sun; Sunday (first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians)
Sabbath (a day of rest and worship: Sunday for most Christians; Saturday for the Jews and a few Christians; Friday for Muslims)
Antonym:
workday (a day on which work is done)