HyperDic: avaritia

English > 1 sense of the word avaritia:
NOUNactavaritia, avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacityreprehensible acquisitiveness
English > avaritia: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaningreprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins).
Synonymsavarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity
Broadermortal sin, deadly sinAn unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace
Spanishavaricia, avaritia, avidez, codicia, concupiscencia, rapacidad
Catalanavarícia, avaritia, cobdícia

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