| Passiveness (n.) The quality or state of being passive; unresisting submission. Thesaurus Entries abandonment, abjuration, abjurement, apathy, break, caesura, catalepsy, catatonia, cease-fire, cessation, cold storage, day off, deadliness, deathliness, desistance, discontinuance, doldrums, dormancy, drop, entropy, forbearance, hesitation, holiday, indifference, indolence, inertia, inertness, interim, interlude, intermezzo, intermission, intermittence, interruption, interval, languor, lapse, latency, layoff, letup, lotus-eating, lull, nonexercise, passiveness, passivity, pause, quiescence, quiescency, recess, relinquishment, remission, renouncement, renunciation, resignation, respite, rest, stagnancy, stagnation, stand-down, stasis, stay, suspense, suspension, torpor, truce, vacation, vegetation, vis inertiae, waiver |