acedia

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At the time, he named the sin of sloth “acedia,” meaning “lack of care” in Greek.

From New York Times

Foams with tiny air holes rose up to alleviate the baby-boomer complaints: arthritis, poor circulation, painful joints and the inevitable acedia of long-term relationships.

From New York Times

A melancholy leading to desperation, and known to theologians under the name of “acedia,” was not uncommon in monasteries, and most of the recorded instances of mediæval suicides in Catholicism were by monks.

From Project Gutenberg

We must distinguish 'godly sorrow' from the peevish discontent and slothfulness which St. Paul calls the sorrow of the world, and which in medieval casuistry is named acedia.

From Project Gutenberg

What in Petrarch was a tendency, became an established condition in Rousseau: the acedia reached its climax.

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