laziness

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   relaxed and easy activity

   The laziness of the day helped me relax.

2. 2
   noun

   The quality of being lazy

   “It is thine own laziness, thou false English blood, that doest nothing but drink and sleep,” retorted the page, “and leaves that lither lad to do the work, that he minds as little as thou.”

3. 3
   noun

   apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)

4. 4
   noun

   inactivity resulting from a dislike of work

Etymology

From lazy + -ness.