passiveness
passiveness 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.The quality or state of being passive; unresisting submission. To be an effect implies passiveness, or the being subject to the power and action of its cause. J. Edwards.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- allegiance
- and
- answer
- attend
- bear
- beck
- bidding
- call
- come
- command
- compliance
- compliant
- comply
- constancy
- control
- deference
- devoted
- devotion
- done
- ductility
- end
- faithful
- fealty
- fiddle
- fidelity
- follow
- hear
- helm
- homage
- lead
- loyal
- loyalty
- nonresistance
- obedience
- obedient
- obediently
- obey
- obsequiousness
- observance
- one
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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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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