Passive Synonyms & Definitions

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• PassiveDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (a.) Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; unresisting; as, passive obedience; passive submission.
2. (a.) Inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as, red phosphorus is comparatively passive.
3. (a.) Designating certain morbid conditions, as hemorrhage or dropsy, characterized by relaxation of the vessels and tissues, with deficient vitality and lack of reaction in the affected tissues.
4. (a.) Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in the scene.

• PassivenessDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) The quality or state of being passive; unresisting submission.

• PassivelyDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (adv.) As a passive verb; in the passive voice.
2. (adv.) In a passive manner; inertly; unresistingly.