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inaction - the state of being inactive |
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inactivity,
inactiveness |
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action,
activeness,
activity something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
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action,
activeness,
activity something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
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action,
activeness,
activity something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
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state the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
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abeyance,
suspension temporary cessation or suspension
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anergy inactivity and lack of energy
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arrest,
check,
halt,
hitch,
stay,
stop,
stoppage the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
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calcification a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts)
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deep freeze temporary inactivity or suspension; "the legislation has now been revived after ten years in the deep freeze"
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desuetude a state of inactivity or disuse
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dormancy,
quiescence,
quiescency a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction; "the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy"
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extinction the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights"
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holding pattern the flight path (usually circular) maintained by an aircraft that is awaiting permission to land
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rest freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"
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doldrums,
stagnancy,
stagnation a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific
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stagnancy,
stagnation a state of inactivity (in business or art etc); "economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation"
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stasis inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces
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