a wise passiveness
abeyance
apathy
catalepsy
catatonia
cautiousness
circumspection
contemplation
contemplative life
creeping
deadliness
deathliness
deliberateness
deliberation
dilatoriness
do-nothing policy
do-nothingism
do-nothingness
dormancy
drawl
dullness
entropy
ergophobia
faineancy
faineantise
firmness
foot-dragging
hibernation
hoboism
idleness
immobility
immobilization
immovability
immovableness
inaction
inactiveness
inactivity
indifference
indolence
inertness
inexertion
inextricability
inflexibility
irremovability
just being
laggardness
laissez-aller
laissez-faire
vis inertiæ
aversion
boredom
carelessness
cowardice
dulness
inability
incapacity
incompetence
indecision
inefficiency
languor
laziness
lethargy
momentum
stagnation
stupidity
torpor