noun
Meaning 1
A deep and worry-free sleep.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
sleep of the just
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsliːp əv ðə ˈdʒʌst/
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General-American: /ˈslip əv ðə ˈdʒʌst/
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rhymes with -ʌst
noun
Meaning 2
A peaceful death or burial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, euphemistic, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: death, tomb, celestial transfer, decease, decomposition, defunction, dematerialization, demise, dirt nap, doom, exit, expiration, fatality, liquidation, mortality, passing, quietus, repose, sleep of the just, sunset, the big sleep, crash, downfall, fall, (the) bane, (the) end
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From the idea that people who act justly have no worries and so sleep well, while unjust people are concerned about the consequences of their actions and so sleep poorly.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 酣睡 (hānshuì) — deep and worry-free sleep
- Chinese Mandarin: 沉睡 (chénshuì) — deep and worry-free sleep
- French: sommeil du juste — deep and worry-free sleep
- German: Schlaf der Gerechten — deep and worry-free sleep
- German: Schlaf des Gerechten — deep and worry-free sleep
- Hungarian: az igazak álma — deep and worry-free sleep
- Irish: codladh na bhfíréan — deep and worry-free sleep
- Polish: sen sprawiedliwego class — deep and worry-free sleep
- Portuguese: sono dos justos — deep and worry-free sleep
- Russian: сном пра́ведника (snom právednika) — deep and worry-free sleep
- Spanish: el sueño de los justos — deep and worry-free sleep
- Catalan: son del just — peaceful death or burial
- Chinese Mandarin: 安息 (ānxī) — peaceful death or burial
- Chinese Mandarin: 長眠 /长眠 (chángmián) — peaceful death or burial
- Chinese Mandarin: 入土為安 /入土为安 (rùtǔwéi'ān) — peaceful death or burial
- Finnish: ikuinen uni — peaceful death or burial
- German: ewige Ruhe — peaceful death or burial
- German: Heimgang — peaceful death or burial
- German: Abberufung — peaceful death or burial