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Acedia - Definition and Overview
Related Words: Anger, Apathy, Ataraxia, Ataraxy, Avarice, Blah, Boredom, Despair, Desperation, Detachment

A Greek word, literally meaning caringfree. In Roman Catholicism, acedia is one of the seven deadly sins, and is defined as spiritual laziness, putting off what God asks you to do, or not doing it at all.

See also laziness, torpor, ennui, apathy.

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Example Usage of Acedia
blogssmartzone: #music Dark Age - Acedia (2009): Artist: Dark Age Title Of Album: Acedia Year Of Release: 2009 Label: AFM.. http://bit.ly/8dAM8h
fuckbird: today's discovery: wikipedia has a list of "Emotions". from Acedia to worry. good to know their documentation is so thorough
MaxLife2009: Spiritual sloth, or Acedia, was known as The Sin of the Middle Ages. It's the sin of my middle age, too. http://bit.ly/tgfd7
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