Definition of Indolence. Meaning of Indolence. Synonyms of Indolence

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Definition of Indolence

Indolence
Indolence In"do*lence, n. [L. indolentia freedom from pain: cf. F. indolence.] 1. Freedom from that which pains, or harasses, as toil, care, grief, etc. [Obs.] I have ease, if it may not rather be called indolence. --Bp. Hough. 2. The quality or condition of being indolent; inaction, or want of exertion of body or mind, proceeding from love of ease or aversion to toil; habitual idleness; indisposition to labor; laziness; sloth; inactivity. Life spent in indolence, and therefore sad. --Cowper. As there is a great truth wrapped up in ``diligence,' what a lie, on the other hand, lurks at the root of our present use of the word ``indolence'! This is from ``in' and ``doleo,' not to grieve; and indolence is thus a state in which we have no grief or pain; so that the word, as we now employ it, seems to affirm that indulgence in sloth and ease is that which would constitute for us the absence of all pain. --Trench.

Meaning of Indolence from wikipedia

- Look up indolence in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Indolence means lack of activity and may refer to: Laziness of people and living beings A sign of...
- The "Ode on Indolence" is one of five odes composed by English poet John Keats in the spring of 1819. The others were "Ode on a Grecian Urn", "Ode on...
- Sobre la indolencia de los filipinos ("On the Indolence of the Filipinos" in Spanish) is a socio-political essay published in La solidaridad in Madrid...
- The Castle of Indolence is a poem by James Thomson. The Castle of Indolence may also refer to: The Castle of Indolence (card game), a solitaire card game...
- rows at the left of the foundations having seven cards each. Castle of Indolence is another game recorded only by **** (1883, 85) which has some similarities...
- Laziness (also known as indolence or sloth) is disinclination to activity or exertion despite having the ability to act or to exert oneself. It is often...
- The Castle of Indolence is a poem written by James Thomson, a Scottish poet of the 18th century, in 1748. According to the Nuttall Encyclopedia, the Castle...
- The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of...
- Maternal deprivation is a scientific term summarising the early work of psychiatrist and psychoanalyst John Bowlby on the effects of separating infants...
- The Fountain of Indolence is an oil painting by the English artist J. M. W. Turner. First exhibited in 1834, it is now in the collection of the Beaverbrook...