REST

(REMAIN) [verb] [I] [formal] - to remain in a particular place or state, or remain under the control of a particular person or organizationWe must talk to the council about the problem - the matter cannot be allowed to rest here (= further action must be taken).The authority to call an emergency meeting rests with the president (= The president is the only person who has the authority to do this).It rests on her to decide (= She must decide) whether to press charges against him.(formal or literary) If your eyes rest on a particular object or person, you look at it or them for a long time.As she looked around her, her eyes rested on a small wooden box at the back of the shop.If you tell someone to rest easy/rest assured, you are telling them not to worry and that you are in control of the situation.I told her to rest easy and that I would take care of everything."Rest assured, Mrs. Cooper" said the police officer. "We will find your son for you."(legal) In a law court, when lawyers say I rest my case/my case rests, they mean that they have finished the explanation of their case.