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Definition of Inaction
1. Noun. The state of being inactive.
Generic synonyms: State
Specialized synonyms: Abeyance, Suspension, Anergy, Arrest, Check, Halt, Hitch, Stay, Stop, Stoppage, Calcification, Deep Freeze, Desuetude, Dormancy, Quiescence, Quiescency, Extinction, Holding Pattern, Rest, Doldrums, Stagnancy, Stagnation, Stagnancy, Stagnation, Stasis
Antonyms: Action, Activeness, Activity
Derivative terms: Inactive, Inactive, Inactive, Inactive, Inactive
Definition of Inaction
1. n. Want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness.
Definition of Inaction
1. Noun. Want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inaction
1. lack of action [n -S]
Medical Definition of Inaction
1. Inactivity, rest, or lack of response to a stimulus. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inaction
Literary usage of Inaction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Times of Sir William Johnson, Bart. by William Leete Stone (1865)
"But their ardor, after weeks of cruel suspense, was doomed to a sad disappointment
by the inaction of ministers. Admiral "Warren, after his visit with ..."
2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1887)
"... PUPILLARY inaction.1 BY EC SEGUIN, MD I BEG leave to present to the Society
notes of three cases of hemianopsia of the peripheral or neural form, ..."
3. The Law of Contracts by Samuel Williston, Clarence Martin Lewis (1920)
"... but a situation is perfectly possible where though he has knowledge of them,
he neither speaks nor acts. § 9la. Silent inaction with intent to accept. ..."
4. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1875)
"But this neutralisation of the Sebastopol garrison inaction was not the most
signal defect which disclosed itself ..."
5. The History of the Civil War in America: Comprising a Full and Impartial by John Stevens Cabot Abbott (1866)
"General Scott, and after him, General McClellan, deemed these months of inaction
necessary, that the mass of raw recruits might be,organized and drilled. ..."
6. History of the Civil War in America by Louis-Philippe-Albert d'Orléans Paris (1876)
"On the morning of December 26th, which was cold and rainy, this army emerged at
last from its inaction. In forcing this apparent inaction upon it, ..."
7. The History of the Restoration of Monarchy in France by Alphonse de Lamartine (1872)
"... encounters Blucher beyond Fleurus—Fresh orders—Battle of Ligny—inaction of
Wellington at Brussels till the 15th—Action of Quatre-Bras—Double movement of ..."
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