acedia

a·ce·di·a

 (ə-sē′dē-ə)

n.

Spiritual torpor and apathy; ennui.

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[Late Latin, from Greek akēdeia, indifference : a-, a-; see a-¹ + kēdos, care, anxiety; akin to Avestan sādra-, woe, Welsh cawdd, vexation, and Old English hete, hate.]

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acedia

(əˈsiːdɪə)

n

(Theology) another word for accidie

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a•ce•di•a

(əˈsi di ə)

n.

sloth; spiritual torpor or indifference; apathy.

[1600–10; < Late Latin acēdia < Greek akḗdeia]

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Noun

1.

acedia - apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) laziness, sloth deadly sin, mortal sin - an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace; "theologians list seven mortal sins"

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