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in·ac·tion
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opiate
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain. -
default
If a person, company, or country defaults on something that they have legally agreed to do, such as paying some money or doing a piece of work before a particular time, they fail to do it. -
implied consent
a manifestation of consent to something through conduct, including inaction or silence. -
inexertion
lack of exertion; inaction. -
internal conflict
psychological struggle within the mind of a literary or dramatic character, the resolution of which creates the plot's suspense: Hamlet's inaction is caused by internal conflict. -
opium
the dried, condensed juice of a poppy, Papaver somniferum, that has a narcotic, soporific, analgesic, and astringent effect and contains morphine, codeine, papaverine, and other alkaloids used in medicine in their isolated or derived forms: a narcotic substance, poisonous in large doses.