supineness

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After years of supineness, therefore, the American Government will now have to spring into sudden, vigorous, often risky action .

From Time Magazine Archive

It was true nevertheless, and the American preachers pleaded this for their opposition and supineness towards abolition.

From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob

However, if all this historical guesswork has some foundation with regard to Louis XI.'s inaction, Master Cornélius Hoogworst cannot be accused of supineness.

From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Balzac, Honor? de

Not any new conviction—not any bribe of the enemy, but the natural though unwise revolt against being considered mendicants, has forced them back into supineness, indifference, or even into the very ranks of oppression.

From The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy by Holyoake, George Jacob

The result is that it is no longer permissible to deplore in pessimistic tones the inevitable degradation of the race, nor to accept with supineness the threatened deterioration of a population.

From Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women by Various