immobility

noun

im·​mobility ¦i(m)+ 

: the quality or state of being immobile : fixedness

broadly : motionlessness

Word History

Etymology

Middle French immobilité, from Late Latin immobilitat-, immobilitas, from Latin immobilis + -itat-, -itas -ity

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Rhymes for immobility

• affability
• audibility
• bistability
• capability
• changeability
• contractility
• credibility
• culpability
• disability
• disutility
• durability
• fallibility