"inaction" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes
subtypes:
- abeyance, suspension - temporary cessation or suspension
- anergy - inactivity and lack of energy
- arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage - the state of inactivity following an interruption
- calcification - an inflexible and unchanging state
- deep freeze - temporary inactivity or suspension
- desuetude - a state of inactivity or disuse
- dormancy, quiescence, quiescency - a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction
- extinction - no longer active; extinguished
- holding pattern - a state of inaction with no progress and no change
- rest - a state of inaction
- doldrums, stagnancy, stagnation - a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)
- stagnancy, stagnation - inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation
- stasis - inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces
same as: inactiveness, inactivity