indolence
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (pathology) Lack of pain in a tumour.
2. (obsolete) A state in which one feels no pain or is indifferent to it; a lack of any feeling.Examples: "Novv, to begin vvith Fortitude, they ſay it is the meane betvveen Covvardiſe & raſh Audacitie, […] Clemencie & Mildneſſe, betvveene ſenſeleſſe Indolence and Crueltie: […]"Synonyms: unsensibleness, indolency
3. (obsolete) A state of repose in which neither pain nor pleasure is experienced.Examples: "Indolence, vvhich Epicure held, they eſteem not pleaſure, nor vvant of pleaſure, griefe, for both theſe conſiſt in motion; but Indolence and vvant of pleaſure conſiſts not in motion, for Indolence is like the ſtate of a ſleeping man."Synonyms: indolency
Definition source: Wiktionary