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. Beto ORourkes:

   The violence, the persecution, the droughts caused not by God, nor by Mother Nature, but by you and me, our excesses, our inaction in the face of the facts and the science of climate change that we are producing.

2. President Barack Obama:

   This is a political choice that we make to allow this to happen every few months in America, we collectively are answerable to those families who lose their loved ones because of our inaction.

3. Mauricio Macri:

   Drug-trafficking has grown in the last decade like never before in our country because of the inaction or complicity of the last government.

4. Greta Thunberg:

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

5. Gus Papathanasiou:

   The officers are angry, and I don't blame them, the entire executive team failed Capitol Police officers, and they must be held accountable. Their inaction cost one officer his life and Capitol Police officers have almost 140 responding officers injured. They have a lot to atone for.