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"Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"adjectivelacking in energy or will
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"passive resistance"adjectivepeacefully resistant in response to injustice
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"`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice" "`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive"nounthe voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb
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"academics seem to favor passive sentences"adjectiveexpressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verbOpposite:
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