Associations to the word «Acedia»

Wiktionary

ACEDIA, noun. Spiritual or mental sloth.
ACEDIA, noun. Apathy; a lack of care or interest; indifference
ACEDIA, noun. Boredom

Dictionary definition

ACEDIA, noun. Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins).

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates