nonfulfillment nonperformance abandoning defeat disregard failure forgetting hold ignorance imprisonment leaving neglect retention delinquency failing underperformance underachievement ineffectualness nonexecution dissatisfaction hindrance disallowance stop block veto naught nought disappointment frustration imperfection inception loss need sorrow unhappiness want nothing nil birth beginning start outset introduction commencement initiation instigation opening conception preamble preface proem genesis intro prologue inauguration preliminaries nascence foreword prelude prolegomena exordium prolusion construction creation dawn prolegomenon prolog inflexibility rigidity stiffness woodenness motionlessness stillness cessation idleness inaction inactivity inertia lie repose rest stoppage forfeit passivity surrender quiet suspension passiveness dereliction oversight inadequacy shortcoming negligence nonobservance nonfeasance remissness misprision deficiency noncompliance nonconformity