'Passiveness' definitions:

Definition of 'passiveness'

From: WordNet
noun
Submission to others or to outside influences [syn: passivity, passiveness]
noun
The trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative [syn: passivity, passiveness]

Definition of 'Passiveness'

From: GCIDE
  • Passiveness \Pas"sive*ness\, n. The quality or state of being passive; unresisting submission. [1913 Webster]
  • To be an effect implies passiveness, or the being subject to the power and action of its cause. --J. Edwards. [1913 Webster]