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INDOLENCE

\ˈɪndələns], \ˈɪndələns], \ˈɪ_n_d_ə_l_ə_n_s]\

Definitions of INDOLENCE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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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.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

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.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Love of ease; objection to labor; laziness.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

n. [Latin] Habitual idleness ; indisposition to labour ; laziness ; sluggishness.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

Freedom from pain; laziness, inattention, listlessness.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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