lukewarmness

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

LU'KEWARMNESS, noun 1. A mild or moderate heat. 2. Indifference; want of zeal or ardor; coldness. The defect of zeal is lukewarmness or coldness in religion.
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