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noun 
  1. Habitual laziness or sloth.
    born with an incurable of mind and body
    Indolence and vacillation were legibly impressed on his appearance and expression.
Etymology: First attested w:1603, 1603, from French indolence, insensitivity to pain, from Latin indolentia, insensibility, from in- not + dolere to grieve. Sense of laziness, first attested w:1710, 1710, is related to taking pains.


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