Inaction

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inaction
       n 1: the state of being inactive [syn: {inactivity}, {inactiveness}]
            [ant: {action}, {action}, {action}]
       2: a state of no activity [syn: {inactiveness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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