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Acedia

British pronunciation/ɐsˈiːdiə/
American pronunciation/ɐsˈiːdiə/
Acedia
[NOUN]
1

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

synonyms : laziness
sloth
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acedia definition and meaning
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1Acedia is hard to translate but it means that there’s a restlessness of spirit, an inability to be still or quiet in being.
2People, I think, are struck by a very difficult condition, which is a medieval condition, called acedia.
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