inertionn.
/ɪˈnəːʃən/ Inert condition; inertness; inactivity; sloth.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > [noun]
sleepc897
restc1175
passibilityc1485
slumber1554
cessation1603
quiescence1625
torpor1626
quiescency1629
inaction1638
inactivity1640
vacation1644
unactiveness1647
non-acting1648
passiveness1648
requiescence1654
unactivity1654
inertness1661
passivity1667
inactiveness1678
unaction1698
stagnation1711
supinity1725
immechanism1740
inertion1756
repose1757
lifelessness1833
stagnancy1837
unawakenedness1879
stasis1920
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 121 Weaknesses of the stomach and viscera proceeding from cold, or inertion.
1798 J. Webbe in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 5 Our inertion during the contest.
1814 I. D'Israeli Quarrels Authors (1867) 220 Mortified with the inertion of public curiosity.
a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xliv. 478 A natural proneness to inertion in man.
1889 R. Browning Rephan xxii Tranquillity that lulls Not lashes inertion.
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