a wise passiveness abstention anythingarianism avoidance avoiding reaction circumvention contemplation contemplative life cop-out defense mechanism do-nothing policy do-nothingism do-nothingness dodge dormancy duck elusion elusiveness equivocation escape evasion evasive action evasiveness fence-sitting forbearance forestalling forestallment getting around idleness immobility impartiality inaction inactivity independence indolence inertia inertness jink laissez-aller laissez-faire laissez-faireism meditation mugwumpery mugwumpism neutralism neutrality neutralness nonalignment noncommitment nonintervention nonparticipation nonpartisanism nonresistance nonviolence nonviolent resistance nothingarianism pacifism paralysis passive resistance passive self-annihilation passiveness passivism passivity policy prevention procrastination quiescence quietism refraining shunning shunting off shy sidestep sidetracking slip stagnancy stagnation standpattism stasis strict neutrality the runaround vegetation vita contemplativa waiting game watching and waiting zigzag