inaction
inaction is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness. Berkeley.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abeyance
- and
- away
- bed
- best
- big
- blunt
- breath
- breathing
- calm
- cease
- cessation
- chair
- convenience
- day
- dead
- deliberate
- deliberately
- dormant
- down
- dull
- dullness
- ease
- easy
- end
- ever
- fallow
- fire
- flat
- gas
- halt
- hand
- hang
- hanging
- haste
- have
- heavy
- holiday
- hour
- hours
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is inaction.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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