mortal sin

mortal sin
noun
an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace
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theologians list seven mortal sins

• Syn: ↑deadly sin
• Ant: ↑venial sin
• Hypernyms: ↑sin, ↑sinning
• Hyponyms:
↑pride, ↑superbia, ↑envy, ↑invidia, ↑avarice, ↑greed, ↑covetousness, ↑rapacity, ↑avaritia, ↑sloth, ↑laziness, ↑acedia, ↑wrath, ↑anger, ↑ire, ↑ira, ↑gluttony, ↑overeating, ↑gula, ↑lust, ↑luxuria

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noun
Etymology: Middle English mortal synne
Roman Catholicism : a serious sin or a lesser sin aggravated by circumstances committed willfully and viewed as involving spiritual death and loss of divine grace — contrasted with venial sin

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Rom. Cath. Ch.
a willfully committed, serious transgression against the law of God, depriving the soul of divine grace. Cf. venial sin.

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mortal sin UK US noun [countable] [singular mortal sin plural mortal sins]
according to the Catholic Church something you do that is so bad that you will be punished for ever after death unless you do what is necessary to be forgiven

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mortal sin,
(in Christian theology) a sin so bad that it causes the death of the soul: »

Murder and blasphemy are mortal sins.

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noun, pl ⋯ sins [count]
in the Roman Catholic Church : a sin (such as murder) that will result in punishment that lasts forever unless the person who has sinned sincerely confesses to God and asks to be forgiven

commit a mortal sin

— compare ↑venial sin

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ˌmortal ˈsin [mortal sin] noun countable, uncountable
(in the Roman Catholic Church) a very serious ↑sin for which you can be sent to ↑hell unless you ↑confess and are forgiven

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