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Gluttony - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Acedia, Anger, Appetite, Avarice, Cannibalism, Chewing, Consumption, Cropping, Deglutition, Devourment, Dieting

In Catholicism gluttony is one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Defined as the wasting of food, either through overindulgence (food, drink or intoxicants), the misplaced desire for food for its sensuality, or the withholding of food from the needy.

Gluttony was the name of a character in the anime. Full Metal Alchemist.

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