Emily Dickinson Lexicon

action, n. [Fr. < L. a doing, performance.] (webplay: arm, between, claim, completed, council, dead, deaths, deed, do, duties, existence, feelings, force, giving, God, heart, held, honor, instance, instituted, judge, justice, know, law, man, maintained, natural, owner, property, public, pursued, put, weighed, well, wind, world).

1. Litigation; law suit; legal case.
2. Activity; work; occupation; labor; exercise; responsibility.
3. Motion; beating.