inaction

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

inaction
    n 1: the state of being inactive [syn: {inaction}, {inactivity},
         {inactiveness}] [ant: {action}, {activeness}, {activity}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Inaction \In*ac"tion\, n. [Pref. in. not + action: cf.
   inaction.]
   Lack of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness;
   rest; inertness. --Berkeley.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "inaction":
      dormancy, drift, fixation, fixity, hibernation, idleness,
      immobility, inactiveness, inactivity, indolence, inertia,
      inertness, lethargy, lull, motionlessness, quiescence, slackness,
      slothfulness, suspension, torpidity, underactivity

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