Laziness: alternatives and connections

Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment.

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The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter.

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

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Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work.

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Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work.

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

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Slowness; tardiness.

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