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rapacity

DEFINITIONS OF: rapacity

1

n reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Synonyms:
avarice, avaritia, covetousness, greed
Type of:
deadly sin, mortal sin
an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace

n extreme gluttony

Synonyms:
edacity, esurience, rapaciousness, voraciousness, voracity
Type of:
gluttony
habitual eating to excess
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