Definitions for "IDLENESS"
The condition or quality of being idle (in the various senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity; laziness.
"Idleness so called, which does not consist in doing nothing, but in doing a great deal not recognized in the dogmatic formularies of the ruling class, has as good a right to state its position as industry itself," insisted a young Robert Louis Stevenson. Idleness [from the Old English word for "useless," which came to mean "lazy"] may involve lying in bed... but it can also involve a great deal of concentrated effort. That's because idleness is not (unlike slackness), the opposite of "work," but is instead a hard-won mode of existence in which whatever one does is an act of creativity. See: FREE TIME, IDLER, INDOLENT, LEISURELY, USELESSNESS, WAITING FOR GODOT.
noun; origin: Jacquie's observation of other fiends' behavior To be in a state of non-activity, particularly, one that causes thoughts to dwell on fiendry; the precursor to jackassery"Jacquie, would you like to play a trick on Jennay?" "No, Sarah-I have no time to engage in idleness today."
Keywords:  reluctance, trait, work
the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work
Keywords:  devil, sins, staple, vices, farm
A model farm where the devil experiments with seeds of new sins and promotes the growth of staple vices.
Keywords:  employment
having no employment