(n.) The habit of putting off to a future time; delay; dilatoriness\.

Fabian policy Micawberism a wise passiveness backwardness contemplation contemplative life continuation culpa culpable negligence dalliance dallying dawdling default dereliction dilatoriness dillydallying disregard do-nothing policy do-nothingism do-nothingness dormancy extension failure hesitation hold-off idleness immobility inaction inactivity inadvertence inadvertency inattention indolence inertia inertness laches lag lagging laissez-aller laissez-faire laissez-faireism lapse laxity laxness lengthening lingering loitering lollygagging looseness meditation mugwump neglect neglectfulness negligence neutralism neutrality neutralness nonfeasance noninterference noninvolvement nonparticipation nonperformance nonresistance nonrestriction nonviolence nonviolent resistance omission overlooking oversight pacifism paralysis passive resistance passive self-annihilation passiveness passivism passivity permissiveness policy poor stewardship prolongation protraction quiescence quietism remissness shilly-shallying slackness slight slowness stagnancy stagnation stall standpattism stasis tarrying temporization unrigorousness vegetation vita contemplativa waiting game watching and waiting