idleness

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The state of being idle; inactivity.
2. (countable, uncountable)The state of being indolent; indolence.

   “For either they be puffed vp vvith pride, / Or fraught vvith enuie that their galls do ſvvell, / Or they their dayes to ydleneſſe diuide, / Or drovvnded lie in pleaſures vvaſtefull vvell, / In vvhich like Moldvvarps [i.e., moles] nouſling ſtill they lurke, / Vnmyndfull of chiefe parts of manlineſſe, / And do themſelues for vvant of other vvorke, / Vaine votaries of laeſie loue profeſſe, […]”

3. (countable, uncountable)Groundlessness; worthlessness; triviality; vanity; frivolity.