ACEDIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Synonyms:

acedia; laziness; sloth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("acedia" is a kind of...):

deadly sin; mortal sin (an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace)

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