MEANING
A tendency to avoid exertion or necessary work.
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- habitual indolence
- luxurious indolence
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Habitual indolence left his desk untouched for weeks.
The visitors enjoyed luxurious indolence while the kitchen worked below.
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- indolence
Usage notes
Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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