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Meanings of
inordinateness
in English
Portuguese
demasia
Catalan
excés
Spanish
exceso
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Immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits.
excess
excessiveness
Portuguese
demasia
Usage of
inordinateness
in English
1
For the
inordinateness
of anger may be considered in relation to two things.
2
Therefore
inordinateness
in man was through the desire of knowledge, which pertains to curiosity.
3
Nevertheless such inducement may be affected by a threefold
inordinateness
.
4
But, in venial sin, there is an
inordinateness
of the act and of the affections.
5
Hence the first movement of gluttony denotes
inordinateness
in the sensitive appetite, and this is not without sin.
6
Now he that consents to the delectation does not, for this reason, consent to the
inordinateness
of the act.
7
Therefore it seems that this kind of
inordinateness
should also have been forbidden by a precept of the Decalogue.
8
Now the difference between venial and mortal sin is consequent to the diversity of that
inordinateness
which constitutes the notion of sin.
9
Yet there was
inordinateness
in their contention, because they contended about a matter which they ought not to have contended about, viz.
10
But
inordinateness
of outward movements, which is contrary to modesty, is opposed to neighborly love: wherefore Augustine says in his Rule (Ep.
11
2: Sin is something imperfect on account of its moral imperfection on the part of its
inordinateness
.
12
2: In mortal sin the
inordinateness
of the act destroys the habit of virtue, but not in venial sin.
13
4: The sins mentioned by Isidore are inordinate external acts, pertaining in the main to speech; wherein there is a fourfold
inordinateness
.
14
2: Further, mortal sin causes a stain in the soul, on account of the
inordinateness
of the act and of the sinner's affections.
15
1: Pride is the beginning of sin, but it lies hidden in the heart; and its
inordinateness
is not perceived by all in common.
16
4: A lie is sinful not only because it injures one's neighbor, but also on account of its
inordinateness
,
as stated above in this Article.
Other examples for "inordinateness"
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inordinateness
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
denote inordinateness
fourfold inordinateness
be an inordinateness
threefold inordinateness
Translations for
inordinateness
Portuguese
demasia
excesso
exorbitância
Catalan
excés
Spanish
exceso
Inordinateness
through the time