passiveness

Noun
Synonyms: passivity

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. submission to others or to outside influencesSynonyms: passivity
  2. the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiativeSynonyms: passivity
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Passiveness \Pas"sive*ness\, n. The quality or state of being passive; unresisting submission. [1913 Webster]

To be an effect implies passiveness, or the being subject to the power and action of its cause. --J. Edwards. [1913 Webster]

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