Meaning of INACTION
| Pronunciation: | | in'akshun
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- [n] a state of no activity
- [n] the state of being inactive
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| | Synonyms: | | inactiveness, inactivity |
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| | Antonyms: | | action, activeness, activity | | |
| | See Also: | | abeyance, anergy, arrest, calcification, check, desuetude, doldrums, dormancy, extinction, halt, hitch, motionlessness, quiescence, quiescency, rest, stagnancy, stagnation, stasis, state, stay, stillness, stop, stoppage, suspension | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*ac"tion\, n. [Pref. in. not + action: cf.
inaction.]
Want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness;
rest; inertness. --Berkeley.
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| | Related Terms: | | dormancy, drift, fixation, fixity, hibernation, idleness, immobility, inactiveness, inactivity, indolence, inertia, inertness, lethargy, lull, motionlessness, quiescence, slackness, slothfulness, suspension, torpidity, underactivity |
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