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 dolce far niente dormancy drawl entropy ergophobia faineancy faineantise foot-dragging hoboism idleness immobility inaction inactivity indifference inertia inertness inexertion just being laggardness laissez-aller laissez-faire laissez-faireism languidness languor lassitude latency laze laziness leisureliness lentitude lentor lethargy listlessness lotus-eating meditation mere existence mere tropism neutralism neutrality neutralness noninvolvement nonparticipation nonresistance nonviolence nonviolent resistance oscitancy pacifism paralysis passive resistance passive self-annihilation passiveness passivism passivity pokiness policy procrastination quiescence quietism reluctance remissness shiftlessness slackness sloth slothfulness slouch slowness sluggardy sluggishness spring fever stagnancy stagnation standpattism stasis suspense tentativeness torpidity torpor vagrancy vegetation vis inertiae vita contemplativa waiting game watching and waiting