a wise passiveness abeyance apathy catalepsy catatonia cold storage contemplation contemplative life deadliness deathliness delitescence do-nothing policy do-nothingism do-nothingness doldrums entropy hibernation idleness immobility inaction inactiveness inactivity indifference indolence inertia inertness intermission interruption laissez-aller laissez-faire laissez-faireism languor latency latent content latent meaningfulness latentness lotus-eating lull meditation motionlessness neutralism neutrality neutralness noninvolvement nonparticipation nonresistance nonviolence nonviolent resistance pacifism paralysis passive resistance passive self-annihilation passiveness passivism passivity policy possibility potentiality procrastination quiescence quiescency quietism stagnancy stagnation standpattism stasis suspense suspension torpor underactivity vegetation virtuality vis inertiae vita contemplativa waiting game watching and waiting