About The Word Acedia

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Acedia

Acedia Meaning & Definition
Acedia Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Acedia?

[n] apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Acedia: laziness | sloth

Related Terms | Find terms related to Acedia: accidia | aloofness | anger | apathy | ataraxia | ataraxy | avarice | avaritia | benumbedness | blah | blahs | boredom | carelessness | casualness | cave of despair | cave of Trophonius | comatoseness | deadly sin | despair | desperateness | desperation | despondency | detachment | disconsolateness | disinterest | dispassion | disregard | disregardfulness | drowsiness | dullness | easygoingness | enervation | ennui | envy | fatigue | forlornness | gluttony | greed | gula | heartlessness | heaviness | hebetude | heedlessness | hopelessness | inanimation | inappetence | inattention | incuriosity | indifference | indiscrimination | inexcitability | insouciance | invidia | ira | jadedness | lack of affect | lack of appetite | lackadaisicalness | languidness | languishment | languor | languorousness | lassitude | lenitude | lentor | lethargicalness | lethargy | lifelessness | listlessness | lust | luxuria | mindlessness | negligence | no exit | no way | no way out | nonchalance | numbness | oscitancy | passiveness | passivity | phlegm | phlegmaticalness | phlegmaticness | plucklessness | pococurantism | pride | recklessness | regardlessness | resignation | resignedness | satedness | sleepiness | sloth | slothfulness | slowness | sluggishness | somnolence | sopor | soporifousness | spiritlessness | spunklessness | stupefaction | stupor | superbia | supineness | torpidity | torpidness | torpitude | torpor | unanxiousness | unconcern | unmindfulness | unsolicitousness | weariness | withdrawnness | world-weariness | wrath

See Also | deadly sin | mortal sin

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