acedia

n.
Spiritual torpor and apathy; ennui.

[Late Latin, from Greek akēdeia, indifference : a-, a-; see a-¹ + kēdos, care.]

(uh-SEE-dee-uh)

noun
Spiritual torpor and apathy; ennui.

Etymology
Late Latin, from Greek akedeia, indifference : a- + kedos, care.

Usage
"[T]hose who love the play as Coleridge did, for its mood of acedia and self-corroding scepticism, may find themselves wondering if they actually have been mad about the Dane for all these years." — Kevin Jackson, Four hours, and a star every minute, Independent on Sunday, 16 Feb 1997.

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a condition leading to listlessness and want of interest in life; apathy, boredom

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)
  Synonyms: sloth, laziness

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