Acts
Acts noun - A New Testament book describing the development of the early church from Christ's Ascension to Paul's sojourn at Rome.
Rest is an antonym for acts in topics: something done, pretended behavior, part of a performance, legislative document.
Rest
Rest noun - Freedom from activity or labor.
Both words in one sentence
- In Valkyrie Profile, the PC acts as a Psychopomp, recruiting Einheriar from the 'worthy dead', and sending the rest to Hel.
Source: Pet The Dog / Video Games - Played straight in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, where he acts very much as The Load to the rest of the Transformers.
Source: The Load / Live-Action Films - The Thoraxians as well, but it's really more like the Thoraxian Queen is the only individual and the rest of her hive acts as her limbs.
Source: Video Game / Stars Beyond Reach
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