activity any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"
human action,
human activity,
deed,
act a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signed the deed"; "he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment"
arrest,
halt,
stoppage,
stay,
hitch,
stop,
check the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
calcification a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts)
deep freeze temporary inactivity or suspension; "the legislation has now been revived after ten years in the deep freeze"
dormancy,
quiescence,
quiescency a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction; "the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy"
extinction the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights"
holding pattern the flight path (usually circular) maintained by an aircraft that is awaiting permission to land
rest freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"
doldrums,
stagnancy,
stagnation a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific
stagnancy,
stagnation a state of inactivity (in business or art etc); "economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation"
inactivity -
a disposition to remain inactive or inert; "he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work"
