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

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne