give (something) a rest

:  to make a present of

:  to grant or bestow by formal action

:  to accord or yield to another

:  capacity or tendency to yield to force or strain :  flexibility

:  the ability of a material to bend or stretch

:  some indeterminate or unspecified thing

:  a person or thing of consequence

:  one having more or less the character, qualities, or nature of something different

:  in some degree :  somewhat

: used as an intensive giving adverbial force to an adjective

:  repose, sleep

:  a bodily state characterized by minimal functional and metabolic activities

:  freedom from activity or labor

:  to get rest by lying down

:  sleep

:  to lie dead

:  a projection or attachment on the side of the breastplate of medieval armor for supporting the butt of a lance

:  something that remains over :  remainder