AVARITIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Synonyms:

avarice; avaritia; covetousness; greed; rapacity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

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

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