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According to WordNet, the adjective "passive" has 3 sense(s).

302513101 peacefully resistant in response to injustice; "passive resistance".

300042228 expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb; "academics seem to favor passive sentences".

300039592 lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith.


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