(n.) A state of quiet, stillness, inactivity; latency\.

a wise passiveness abidingness awful silence changelessness cold storage constancy contemplation contemplative life dead dead of night deathlike silence do-nothing policy do-nothingism do-nothingness doldrums dormancy durability durableness duration endurance firmness fixedness frozenness golden silence hardening hibernation hush hush of night idleness immobility immovability immovableness immutability inaction inactiveness inactivity inaudibility indolence inertia inertness intermission interruption invariability invariableness inveteracy laissez-aller laissez-faire laissez-faireism lastingness latency long standing lucid stillness lull meditation motionlessness mum neutralism neutrality neutralness noiselessness noninvolvement nonparticipation nonresistance nonviolence nonviolent resistance pacifism paralysis passive resistance passive self-annihilation passiveness passivism passivity peace permanence permanency perpetualness persistence persistency policy procrastination quiescency quiet quietism quietness quietude rest rigidity silence silentness solemn silence solidity soundlessness stability stagnancy stagnation standing standpattism stasis steadfastness still stillness suspension tacitness taciturnity tomblike silence torpor tranquillity unchangeability unchangingness underactivity vegetation vita contemplativa waiting game watching and waiting whisht