BUSYNESSES Antonyms

• (of weather) free from storm or wind

• steadiness of mind under stress

• wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale

• not agitated; without losing self-possession

• make calm or still

• make steady

• become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation

• cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to

• having no employment

• the quality of lacking substance or value

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

• the state of being inactive

• a disposition to remain inactive or inert

• being inactive; being less active

• time available for ease and relaxation

• freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity

• (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers

• (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance

• a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry

• an occurrence of control or strength weakening

• freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

• a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount

• the act of making less strict

• the attribute of being restful

• unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

• a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry

• lack of normal development of intellectual capacities

• a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)

• the pace of things that move relatively slowly

• inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy

• (poetic) tranquil silence

• calmness without winds

• a state of no motion or movement

• a disposition free from stress or emotion

• an untroubled state; free from disturbances

• a state of peace and quiet