GERMINATION Antonyms

• the torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the winter

• cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals

• the act of retiring into inactivity

• having no employment

• the quality of lacking substance or value

• the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work

• remaining in place

• the quality of not moving

• the state of being inactive

• a disposition to remain inactive or inert

• being inactive; being less active

• a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction

• quiet and inactive restfulness

• a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)

• inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation

• (poetic) tranquil silence

• calmness without winds

• a state of no motion or movement

• a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility

• inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy