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Definition for Idleness
idle
idly
idleness
, n. [OE
ídelnes
.] (webplay: labor).
Inaction; no interaction.
Slothfulness; indolence; [fig.] death.
Laziness; aversion to labor.
Inactivity; inert state; [fig.] winter; [metaphor] death.
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