a wise passiveness big deal cautiousness circumspection contemplation contemplative life creeping dawdling deliberateness deliberation do-nothing policy do-nothingism do-nothingness dolce far niente dormancy drawl emptiness flimsiness foolishness foot-dragging frivolity frivolousness futility idle hands idle hours immobility inaction inactivity inanity indolence inertia inertness inoccupation laissez-aller laissez-faire laissez-faireism languor lassitude laze laziness lazing leisureliness lentitude lentor lethargy levity lightness loafing lollygagging malingering meditation neutralism neutrality neutralness noninvolvement nonparticipation nonresistance nonviolence nonviolent resistance nugacity otiosity pacifism paralysis passive resistance passive self-annihilation passiveness passivism passivity pokiness policy procrastination quiescence quietism reluctance shallowness shiftlessness shilly-shallying shirking silliness slackness slenderness slightness sloth slothfulness slouch slowness sluggardy sluggishness stagnancy stagnation standpattism stasis superficiality tentativeness torpor triflingness triteness triviality trivialness unemployment vacuity vanity vapidity vegetation vita contemplativa waiting game watching and waiting