Is choosing not to act an action in of itself?

In order to properly answer this question, we should examine the definitions of a few words. To start, an action is defined by google as the fact or process of doing something, typically to achieve an aim.
Not performing an action would be the refusal to participate in the fact or process of doing something. Typically, one refuses to act because he or she disagrees with the aim that the action would help to achieve. So by that definition, would choosing not to act be an action in of itself? The answer is no. Choosing not to act is by definition, the absence of action. Saying that not acting is an action is like saying 0=1. Simply put, it does not compute. It makes no logical sense. In the same way that someone who claimed 0=1 would be told that he or she does not understand mathematics, somebody that says inaction is an action will be told that he or she do not understand language.