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immobility

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im·mo·bile  (-mbl, -bl, -bl)
adj.
1. Immovable; fixed.
2. Not moving; motionless.

immo·bili·ty (-bl-t) n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.immobility - remaining in place
lifelessness, motionlessness, stillness - a state of no motion or movement; "the utter motionlessness of a marble statue"
rootage - fixedness by or as if by roots; "strengthened by rootage in the firm soil of faith"
2.immobility - the quality of not moving
quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
immotility - lacking an ability to move
inertness - immobility by virtue of being inert
immovability, immovableness - not capable of being moved or rearranged
mobility - the quality of moving freely

immobility
noun stillness, firmness, steadiness, stability, fixity, inertness, immovability, motionlessness, absence of movement the rigid immobility of his shoulders
Translations
immobility [ˌɪməʊˈbɪlɪtɪ] Ninmovilidad f
immobility [ˌɪməʊˈbɪlɪti] nimmobilité f
immobility
n (= inability to move) (through injury etc) → Unbeweglichkeit f, → Bewegungslosigkeit f; (through lack of transport) → Immobilität f
immobility [ˌɪməʊˈbɪlɪtɪ] nimmobilità
immobility [ˌɪməʊˈbɪlɪtɪ] nimmobilità


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There were many balconies on each building and not a one that did not hold its silent party of richly trapped men and women, with here and there a child or two, but even the children maintained the uniform silence and immobility of their elders.
He listened in a stillness of dread which resembled the immobility of profound attention.
Till the Tsar reached it, each regiment in its silence and immobility seemed like a lifeless body, but as soon as he came up it became alive, its thunder joining the roar of the whole line along which he had already passed.
 
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