(n.) Noninterference; -- an axiom of some political economists, deprecating interference of government by attempts to foster or regulate commerce, manufactures, etc., by bounty or by restriction; as, the doctrine of laissez faire; the laissez faire system government.

a wise passiveness autarky bimetallism capitalism capitalistic system contemplation contemplative contemplative life culpa culpable negligence culpably negligent default derelict dereliction disregard do-nothing do-nothing policy do-nothingism do-nothingness dormancy dormant economic self-sufficiency failure finance capitalism free competition free economy free enterprise free trade free-enterprise economy free-enterprise system governmentalism idle idleness immobile immobility inaction inactive inactivity inadvertence inadvertency inadvertent inattention inattentive individualism indolence inert inertia inertness isolationism laches laissez-aller laissez-faireism lapse lax laxity laxness let-alone policy let-alone principle liberalism line localism loose looseness managed currency meditation meditative motionless neglect neglectful neglectfulness neglecting negligence negligent neuter neutral neutralism neutrality neutralness nonfeasance noninterference noninterfering nonintervention noninvolvement nonparticipation nonperformance nonresistance nonrestriction nonrestrictive nonviolence nonviolent resistance nullification off-guard omission overlooking overly permissive oversight pacifism paralysis paralytic paralyzed party line party principle passive passive resistance passive self-annihilation passiveness passivism passivity permissive permissiveness planned economy policy polity poor stewardship position price supports private enterprise private ownership private sector procrastinating procrastination protection protectionism public policy pump-priming quiescence quiescent quietism quietist quietistic relaxed remiss remissness rugged individualism scamping sectionalism self-regulating market skimping slack slackness slight slighting slurring stagnancy stagnant stagnating stagnation standpat standpattism stasis state capitalism static stationary uncircumspect unguarded unrigorous unrigorousness unwary unwatchful vegetable vegetation vegetative vita contemplativa waiting game watching and waiting