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laziness

DEFINITIONS OF: laziness

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n relaxed and easy activity

“the laziness of the day helped her to relax”
Type of:
ease, relaxation, repose, rest
freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

n apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Synonyms:
acedia, sloth
Type of:
deadly sin, mortal sin
an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace

n inactivity resulting from a dislike of work

Synonyms:
indolence
Types:
faineance, idleness
the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work
shiftlessness
a failure to be active as a consequence of lack of initiative or ambition
Type of:
inactiveness, inactivity, inertia
a disposition to remain inactive or inert
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