"Western countries sought a minimum ten-year-long suspension of Iran's nuclear activities, which was impossible for us to do because such a thing would bring the country's scientific power to a standstill status and destruction," Boroujerdi continued.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=4319

Or "state of rest", metaphorically speaking...

“University of Washington
The Gilbert Ichthyological Society
...
This dormancy of the membership is likely due to the nature of the organization in that it depends primarily on recruitment of graduate students who may later move to other parts of the country and no longer attend meetings.”
( http://artedi.fish.washington.edu/GIS/ch15.htm )


“Association of Asian Confederation of Credit Unions
...
Dormancy of Membership. A member may be expelled, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, if his/her regular account (either loan or savings) with XYZ CU has been dormant for more than six months.”
( www.aaccu.coop/download.php?path_id=4&publication_name=1_or... )


“Striata
...
'Membership dormancy' email reminders sent once a month to members whose accounts have been inactive over a pre-determined period of time.”
( http://www.striata.com/emarketing/emarketing-overview/succes... )

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Dormant
(redirected from dormancy)
Latent; inactive; silent. That which is dormant is not used, asserted, or enforced.
[West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.]
( http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/dormancy )