Indolence

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  • noun. Habitual laziness; sloth.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state of being indolent.
  • noun. Freedom from pain, grief, care, or trouble.
  • noun. Love of ease; indisposition to labor; avoidance of exertion of mind or body; idleness; laziness.
  • noun. Synonyms Sloth, slothfulness, inertness, sluggishness. See idle.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Freedom from that which pains, or harasses, as toil, care, grief, etc.
  • noun. The quality or condition of being indolent; inaction, or lack of exertion of body or mind, proceeding from love of ease or aversion to toil; habitual idleness; indisposition to labor; laziness; sloth; inactivity.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Habitual laziness or sloth.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. inactivity resulting from a dislike of work
    • Word Usage
    "Seated, without doing anything, the greater part of the day, in an armchair of red wood, he bitterly complained of what he called the indolence and ignorance of his countrymen."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    activity  application  works  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    inactiveness  inactivity  inertia  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    faineance  idleness  shiftlessness  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    apathy  arrogance  carelessness  cowardice  drunkenness  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Laurence  Lawrence  a wise passiveness  abeyance  apathy  
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