1) Abeyance 2) Avoidance 3) Desuetude 4) Doldrums 5) Dormancy 6) Idleness 7) Inactiveness 8) Inactivity 9) Inexertion 10) Quiescence 11) Quiescency 12) Rest 13) Stagnancy 14) Stagnation 15) Stasis 16) Stoppage 1) Absence of action 2) Abstinence from action 3) Conservative policy 4) Doing what they do best 5) Dormancy 6) Fabian policy 7) French word used in English 8) Idleness 9) Immobility 10) Inactiveness 11) Inactivity 12) Inertia 13) Lack of response 14) Neglect 15) Noninterference 16) Nonintervention 
• (n.) Want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness.
Inactivity, rest, or lack of response to a stimulus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
In·ac'tion noun [ Prefix in . not + action : confer inaction .] Want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness. Berkeley. 
Type: Term Pronunciation: in-ak′shŭn Definitions: 1. Inactivity, rest, or lack of response to a stimulus.
[n] - the state of being inactive 2. [n] - a state of no activity
absence of action; idleness.
the state of being inactive