Inactivity: alternatives and connections

Expectancy; condition of being undetermined.

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To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.

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The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abn…

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A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

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The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice, custom, or fashion.

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A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks; -- so c…

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The state of being dormant; quiescence; abeyance.

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Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment.

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The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc.

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The quality or state of being flat.

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3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.

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To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

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The condition or quality of being idle (in the various senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity; laziness.

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of Idle

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Freedom from that which pains, or harasses, as toil, care, grief, etc.

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A state of the body or mind which is caused by exhaustion of strength and characterized by a languid feeling; feebleness; lassitude; laxity.

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The state or quality of being lazy.

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Morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which a person can scarcely be awaked.

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of Loaf

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The quality or state of being passive; unresisting submission.

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Passiveness; -- opposed to activity.

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A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.

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One of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed. See Humor.

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Alt. of Quiescency

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The state or quality of being quiescent.

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The act or process of relaxing, or the state of being relaxed; as, relaxation of the muscles; relaxation of a law.

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To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit.

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To arrest.

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State of being stagnant.

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The condition of being stagnant; cessation of flowing or circulation, as of a fluid; the state of being motionless; as, the stagnation of the blood;…

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A slackening or arrest of the blood current in the vessels, due not to a lessening of the heart's beat, but presumably to some abnormal resistance of…

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A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Thos…

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To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; th…

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The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.

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To watch; to observe; to take notice.

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of Wait

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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Dead.

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The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

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A stroke; a touch.

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Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive.

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Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive.

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Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in the scene.

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Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in the scene.

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Want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness.

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That property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue in motion, and in the same straight line or direc…

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The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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