Synonyms for inaction
ɪnˈæk ʃənin·ac·tion

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1. inactionnoun

   Synonyms:
   cessation, deliberation, endurance, immobility, inactivity, inertia, passion (In philosophic sense), quiescence, quiet, repose, rest, suffering, suspension

   Antonyms:
   accomplishment, achievement, act, action, consummation, deed, doing, effect, execution, exercise, exertion, exploit, feat, motion, movement, operation, performance, proceeding, transaction, work

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1. inaction, inactivity, inactivenessnoun

   the state of being inactive

   Synonyms:
   inactivity, inactiveness, inertia

   Antonyms:
   activeness, action, activity

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1. inactionnoun

   Synonyms:
   INACTIVITY, inertness

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1. inactionnoun

   Synonyms:
   inactivity, inertness, stagnation, idleness

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1. List of paraphrases for "inaction":

   inactivity, non-action, passivity, inertia, immobility, passiveness, omission, slackness

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1. Bryant McGill:

   The master action, to move forward is a form of inaction; being still and quiet.

2. Earl Blumenauer:

   To address the climate crisis, we must tell the truth about the nature of this threat, this is a political crisis of inaction.

3. Greta Thunberg:

   For over one-and-a-half years we have been sacrificing our education to protest against your inaction.

4. Josh Hawley:

   We know Communist China is lying about how many cases and deaths they have, what they knew and when they knew it and the WHO never bothered to investigate further. Their inaction cost lives.

5. President Barack Obama:

   There are consequences to inaction. There are consequences to indifference, and they reverberate far beyond the walls of the projects, the borders of the barrier or the roads of the reservation. They sap us of our strength as a nation.