1. (

• sloth ,
• slothfulness ,

) a disinclination to work or exert yourself ;

2. (

• sloth ,
• tree_sloth

) any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits ;

3. (

• sloth ,
• laziness ,
• acedia

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