Usually means: Lack of care or interest.
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  1. acedia: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. acedia: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. acedia: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. acedia: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. acedia: Wiktionary
  8. acedia: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. acedia: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. acedia: Dictionary.com
  11. Acedia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. acedia: Rhymezone
  13. acedia: Free Dictionary
  14. acedia: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  15. acedia: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. acedia: Dictionary/thesaurus
  17. acedia: Merriam-Webster.com

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  1. acedia: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (acedia)

noun:  Spiritual or mental sloth.
noun:  Apathy; a lack of care or interest; indifference.
noun:  Boredom; a melancholy leading to desperation.

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