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inertion|ɪˈnɜːʃən|
[irreg. f. inert, perh. on analogy of exert, exertion.]
Inert condition; inertness; inactivity; sloth.
1756P. Browne Jamaica 121 Weaknesses of the stomach and viscera proceeding from cold or inertion. 1798Webbe in Owen Mrq. Wellesley's Desp. (1877) 5 Our inertion during the contest. 1814D'Israeli Quarrels Auth. (1867) 220 Mortified with the inertion of public curiosity. 1837Sir W. Hamilton Metaph. xliv. (1870) II. 478 A natural proneness to inertion in man. 1889Browning Rephan xxii, Tranquillity that lulls Not lashes inertion. |