Acedia

ahd-5
  • noun. Spiritual torpor and apathy; ennui.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An abnormal mental condition, characterized by carelessness, listlessness, fatigue, and want of interest in affairs.
  • noun. A Cuban name for a species of tongue-fish or sole, Symphurus plagusia.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins).
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. spiritual or mental sloth.
  • noun. apathy; a lack of care or interest; indifference
  • noun. boredom
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  • noun. apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)
    • Word Usage
    "Cassian himself dwells on the horrible liability of the monks to the principal vices which infest human nature — gluttony, uncleanness, avarice, anger, vainglory, pride — above all, that despairing and unaccountable melancholy which they call acedia, and describe as “the demon that walketh in the noonday.”"
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    deadly sin  mortal sin  
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    Words with the same meaning
    accedie  accidia  aloofness  anger  apathy  
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