Medieval theological concept — one of the seven deadly sins — denoting a spiritual listlessness or torpor that prevents the monk or soul from engaging in necessary spiritual work; analyzed as more than laziness, it is a metaphysical dejection about one's spiritual condition.
Acedia is not mere laziness but a spiritual refusal — a sorrow about divine goods — that philosophers and theologians have analyzed as a template for understanding alienation, depression, and the failure of care.
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