How to pronounce“indolence”in English
A great man comes who leans upon no one, but stands alone in the solitary dignity of truth, and straightway the world begins to lean upon him, begins to make him an excuse for spiritual
indolence and a destructive self-abasement.
Better than cradling our vices in the strength of the great would it be to newly light our
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Definitions of “indolence”
Habitual laziness or sloth.
“After having applied my mind with more than ordinary attention to my studies, it is my usual custom to relax and unbend it in the conversation of such as are rather easy than shining companions. […] This is the particular use I make of a set of heavy honest men, with whom I have passed many hours with much indolence, though not with great pleasure. Their conversation is a kind of preparative for sleep: […]”
Lack of pain in a tumour.
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