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English to English adjective
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lacking in energy or will |  | Example: Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself
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expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb | | Example: academics seem to favor passive sentences
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Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in the scene. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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peacefully resistant in response to injustice | | Example: passive resistance
source: wordnet30 noun
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the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb | | Example: `The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice
`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive
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