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inertia: (physics) the tendency of a body to maintain is state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force

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spring fever collapse

inaction collapse: the state of being inactive

shiftlessness collapse: a failure to be active as a consequence of lack of initiative or ambition

momentum collapse: the product of a body's mass and its velocity; "the momentum of the particles was deduced from meteoritic velocities"; an impelling force or strength; "the car's momentum carried it off the road"

latency collapse: the state of being not yet evident or active

vagrancy collapse: the state of wandering from place to place; having no permanent home or means of livelihood

hibernation collapse: the act of retiring into inactivity; "he emerged from his hibernation to make his first appearance in several years"; cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals; the torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the winter

nonparticipation collapse

abeyance collapse: temporary cessation or suspension

laziness collapse: relaxed and easy activity; "the laziness of the day helped her to relax"

apathy collapse: the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally; an absence of emotion or enthusiasm

deliberateness collapse

waiting game collapse: a strategy of delay

unconcern collapse: a feeling of lack of concern

drawl collapse: a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels; lengthen and slow down or draw out; "drawl one's vowels"

dormancy collapse: a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction; "the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy"

catalepsy collapse: a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli

inactivity collapse: being inactive; being less active

noninvolvement collapse

inflexibility collapse: the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe; a lack of physical flexibility

immobility collapse: the quality of not moving

stasis collapse: inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces; an abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped

pacifism collapse: the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration; the doctrine that all violence in unjustifiable

nonviolence collapse

insouciance collapse

vegetation collapse: inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life; "their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation"; an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart); all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China"; the process of growth in plants

procrastination collapse: the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time

reluctance collapse: a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"; "after some hesitation he agreed"; (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)

indolence collapse: inactivity resulting from a dislike of work

entropy collapse

quietism collapse: a form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God

idleness collapse: having no employment

boredom collapse: the feeling of being bored by something tedious

passive resistance collapse: peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate

indifference collapse: unbiased impartial unconcern

listlessness collapse: inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy

quiescence collapse: quiet and inactive restfulness

languor collapse: inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends"; a feeling of lack of interest or energy; a relaxed comfortable feeling

rigidity collapse: the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending

meditation collapse: continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature; "the habit of meditation is the basis for all real knowledge"; (religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects)

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