acedia

a·ce·di·a

A0048200 (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.]

acedia

(əˈsiːdɪə) n (Theology) another word for accidie

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