† unactivityn.
Obsolete.
= inactivity n.
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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
1654 T. Fuller 2 Serm. 5 By their easinesse and unactivitie, [they] betray themselves to that bad condition.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 98 To suppose them in an eternal rest and unactivity,..were to suppose them eternally kept in a useless, needless, imperfect state.
1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen iv. 174 The human Soul..now confin'd to Darkness, Silence, and Unactivity.
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