Todsünde — meaning in English
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English meaning
- acedia noun A deep lack of energy or interest in life, often leading someone to neglect their duties and feel restless or low.
Senses
Todsünde is used for these senses in English:
- acedia Spiritual or mental sloth.
- deadly sin Any of the seven deadly sins: pride (or vanity, vainglory), envy, gluttony, greed (or avarice), lust, sloth (or acedia), and wrath (or anger).
- mortal sin (Roman Catholicism, theology) A sin which causes the loss of God's grace, leading to eternal damnation, unless the sinner repents, which includes their intent to confess and atone; such a sin is defined as a grave transgression against one of the Ten Commandments with the full knowledge and deliberate consent of the sinner.
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