HyperDic: acedia

English > 1 sense of the word acedia:
NOUNactacedia, sloth, lazinessapathy / apathy and inactivity / inactivity in the practice of virtue / virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)
English > acedia: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaningapathy / apathy and inactivity / inactivity in the practice of virtue / virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins).
Synonymssloth, laziness
Broadermortal sin, deadly sinAn unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace
Spanishacedia, pereza
Catalanaccídia, mandra, peresa

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