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Fighting idleness (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inaction

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'idleness' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'fighting' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'fighting' could be 'action' (as in military action) and 'action' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'in' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for inaction that I've seen before include "Idleness - fighting" , "Failure to exert oneself" , "Rest" , "Idleness of nicotian sort" , "Sluggishness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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