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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Idleness \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: idleness n 1: having no employment [syn: {idling}, {loafing}] 2: the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work [syn: {faineance}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: IDLENESS, n. A model farm where the devil experiments with seeds of new sins and promotes the growth of staple vices.
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