acedia
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Noun (1)
- apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)Synonyms: slothlazinessType of mortal sin, deadly sin
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
acedia noun
1. apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins). Syn. — sloth, laziness
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5