noun, feminine/le.zin/plural: lésines
miserliness, stinginess
“La sottise, l’erreur, le péché, la lésine / Occupent nos esprits et travaillent nos corps,” — Foolishness, error, sin, miserliness / Occupy our minds and work on our bodies,
Synonyms: avarice
Borrowed from Italian lesina. Doublet of alêne.