otium
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thumb|upright=1.2|Visitors to Los Angeles' Getty Villa, modeled after the [[Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum, get a glimpse of otium as experienced at an ancient Roman villa.]]
'''''' 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.
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