immobilityn.
/ɪməʊˈbɪlɪti/ a. The quality or condition of being immobile; incapacity of moving, or of being moved; fixedness, stability; motionlessness. (literal and figurative).
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun]
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1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 25 b/1 In dyvynyte, in eternite, in situacion of immobylyte.
a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Ephes. (1658) 55 The immobility of Gods word.
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. iii. 153 A Magnetical Demonstration of the Earth's Immobility.
1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iv. 367 A Palsy is an Immobility of a Muscle from Relaxation.
1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. 263 Estates for years are considered in law as chattels real, being an interest in real property, of which they have one quality, immobility, which denominates them real.
1860 W. Collins Woman in White i. ix. 102 There was an unnatural immobility in her face.
b. concrete. = immovable n. (nonce-use).
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1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country i. 10 Still is for sale..that same château With all its immobilities.
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