Period Of Quiescence Crossword Clue

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	noun • a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended • a torpid state resembling deep sleep • a period of time spent sleeping • euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb) verb • be asleep • be able to accommodate for sleeping
	39%	10		Period of rest or repose
	noun • a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction • quiet and inactive restfulness
	38%	8		Period of sexual quiescence
	noun • applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus

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