passivity

• acceptance
• acedia
• acquiescence
• affluence
• aloofness
• amenability
• amenableness
• apathy
• appeasement
• assent
• ataraxia
• backbone
• backing down
• bashfulness
• bearing
• bed of roses
• bowing
• burnout
• calm
• calmness
• capitulation
• casualness
• coldness
• collapse
• comfort
• complaisance
• compliance
• composure
• concession
• concurrence
• conforming
• conformity
• consent
• constancy
• content
• contentment
• cool
• coolness
• cringing
• deadness
• debilitation
• debility
• defeatism
• deference
• deferral
• deliquescence
• demureness
• depression
• destinism
• detachment
• determinism
• diffidence
• dilatoriness
• diligence
• directness
• disablement
• disinterest
• dispassion
• disregard
• do-nothingness
• docility
• doldrums
• dormancy
• down-to-earthness
• dreaminess
• drowsiness
• dullness
• easiness
• emotionlessness
• endurance
• enervation
• enfeeblement
• enjoyment
• ennui
• equanimity
• even temper
• exhaustion
• faineance
• faineancy
• faintness
• fatigue
• fecklessness
• feebleness
• forbearance
• fortitude
• frailness
• frailty
• frazzle
• giving-in
• gratification
• grit
• guts
• gutsiness
• halfheartedness
• happiness
• hard shell
• heart
• heaviness
• heedlessness
• humbleness
• humility
• idleness
• immobility
• immobilization
• impassivity
• imperturbability
• impotence
• inactivity
• incuriosity
• incuriousness
• indifference
• indolence
• inertia
• inertness
• infirmity
• informality
• ingenuousness
• insensibility
• insensibleness
• insensitivity
• insouciance
• intestinal fortitude
• lackadaisicalness
• languidness
• languor
• languorousness
• lassitude
• laxness
• laziness
• leadenness
• legs
• leisure
• leisureliness
• leniency
• lethargy
• listlessness
• long-suffering
• longanimity
• lowliness
• luxury
• malleability
• meekness
• moderation
• modesty
• mousiness
• moxie
• naivete
• naturalness
• necessitarianism
• neglectfulness
• negligence
• nonagression
• nonresistance
• nonviolence
• obedience
• observance
• oscitancy
• otioseness
• otiosity
• overfatigue
• pacification
• pacifism
• paralysis
• passiveness
• passivism
• patience
• peace of mind
• peaceableness
• perseverance
• persistence
• phlegm
• plainness
• pliabilty
• poise
• predestinarianism
• predestination
• prosperity
• prostration
• quiescence
• quietness
• quietude
• recreancy
• relaxation
• remissness
• repose
• requiescence
• reserve
• reservedness
• resignation
• resignedness
• rest
• restfulness
• restraint
• retiringness
• satisfaction
• security
• self-control
• serenity
• servility
• sheepishness
• shiftlessness
• shyness
• simpleness
• slackness
• sleepiness
• sloth
• slothfulness
• slowness
• sluggardness
• sluggishness
• slumber
• sobriety
• spontaneity
• stagnation
• starch
• stasis
• staying power
• stillness
• stoicism
• stolidity
• stolidness
• stupor
• subjection
• submission
• submissiveness
• submitting
• sufferance
• supineness
• supinity
• surrender
• suspension
• tardiness
• timidity
• timidness
• tiredness
• tolerance
• toleration
• torpescence
• torpidity
• torpidness
• torpor
• tractability
• tractableness
• tranquility
• unassertiveness
• unceremoniousness
• unconcern
• uninterest
• unresponsiveness
• unrestraint
• weakness
• weariness
• yielding

• action
• activity
• aggressiveness
• agitation
• animation
• arousal
• arrogance
• assertiveness
• assumption
• attitude
• audaciousness
• boastfulness
• boldness
• bounce
• brashness
• brassiness
• briskness
• bumptiousness
• busyness
• care
• caring
• cheek
• cheekiness
• chest-thumping
• cockiness
• cocksureness
• compassion
• conceit
• concern
• condescension
• cowardice
• dash
• defiance
• denial
• difference
• difficulty
• diligence
• disagreement
• discontent
• disdain
• disobedience
• displeasure
• disquiet
• dissatisfaction
• dissension
• dissent
• disturbance
• drive
• effort
• egoism
• egotism
• employment
• energy
• fear
• feeling
• fight
• flamboyance
• forwardness
• frustration
• furor
• ginger
• go
• happiness
• hard work
• haughtiness
• hauteur
• huffiness
• idleness
• impatience
• imperiousness
• impertinence
• impudence
• indifference
• indolence
• industriousness
• industry
• insolence
• interest
• intolerance
• jauntiness
• labor
• laziness
• lethargy
• life
• liveliness
• loftiness
• lordliness
• might
• misery
• moving
• muscle
• need
• nerve
• nonconformity
• ostentation
• ostentatiousness
• overconfidence
• passion
• pep
• peremptoriness
• pomposity
• pompousness
• potency
• power
• presumptuousness
• pretence
• pretense
• pretension
• pretentiousness
• pride
• pridefulness
• puissance
• punch
• rebellion
• refreshment
• refusal
• regard
• rejuvenation
• rejuvenescence
• resistance
• revitalization
• sadness
• sap
• sauciness
• scorn
• self-applause
• self-assumption
• self-centeredness
• self-complacency
• self-conceit
• self-glorification
• self-importance
• self-opinion
• self-partiality
• self-satisfaction
• sensitivity
• showiness
• snap
• sorrow
• spiritedness
• sprightliness
• starch
• strength
• strife
• superciliousness
• superiority
• swagger
• swash
• sympathy
• temerity
• toploftiness
• trouble
• turbulence
• turmoil
• uneasiness
• unhappiness
• unrest
• upset
• vaingloriousness
• vanity
• verve
• veto
• vigor
• vim
• violence
• vitality
• vivaciousness
• vivacity
• want
• warmth
• weakness
• wildness
• woe
• work
• worry
• zing
• zip

• noun
  1. The state of being passive.
  2. Submissiveness.
  3. A lack of initiative.

• His constant passivity made it hard to know where he stood.
• The team's passivity during the game led to their defeat.
• She mistook his calmness for passivity, but he was simply thinking.
• Political passivity among young voters can affect election outcomes.
• The novel explores the dangers of emotional passivity in relationships.

backing down

easiness

pacification

pacifism

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