Definitions for: Idleness

[n] having no employment
[n] the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work

Webster (1913) Definition: I"dle*ness, n. [AS. [=i]delnes.]
The condition or quality of being idle (in the various senses
of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality;
inactivity; laziness.

Syn: Inaction; indolence; sluggishness; sloth.

Synonyms: faineance, idling, loafing

See Also: dolce far niente, inactivity, indolence, laziness