otium
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- Early usage
- Greek philosophers
- Roman Republic
- Imperial Rome
- Later writers
- Private life and public life meanings
- Other uses
- Synonyms
- Positive sense
- Negative sense
- See also
- References
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'''''' is a Latin abstract term which has a variety of meanings, including leisure time for "self-realization activities" such as eating, playing, relaxing, contemplation, and academic endeavors. It sometimes relates to a time in a person's retirement after previous service to the public or private sector, as opposed to "active public life" (the negative negotium meaning "busy-ness"). Otium can be a temporary or sporadic time of leisure. It can have intellectual, virtuous, or immoral implications.