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• mortal sin — noun an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace theologians list seven mortal sins • Syn: ↑deadly sin • Ant: ↑venial sin • Hypernyms: ↑sin, ↑sinning …   Useful english dictionary

• live in (mortal) sin —    (of a couple)    to live together without being married    They commit the mortal sin of adultery or of fornication:     For the first year we lived in sin. (Sanders, 1973)     But then aren t you living in mortal sin? (N. Mitford, 1945) …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• Mortal sin — For the band, see Mortal Sin. Mortal sins ((Latin) peccata mortalia) are in the theology of some, but not all Christian denominations wrongful acts that condemn a person to Hell after death. These sins are considered mortal because they… …   Wikipedia

• Sin — • A moral evil Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sin     Sin     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Sin — For other uses, see Sin (disambiguation). Sinful , Sinner , and Sinners redirect here. For other uses, see Sinful (disambiguation), Sinner (disambiguation), and Sinners (disambiguation). A Sistine Chapel fresco depicts the expulsion of Adam and… …   Wikipedia

• SIN — In biblical Hebrew there are about 20 different words which denote sin. It may be inferred, therefore, that the ancient Israelites had more concepts expressing various nuances of sin than Western thought and theology. A study of the biblical… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• sin — Synonyms and related words: aberrancy, aberration, abomination, atrocity, bad, breach, commit sin, crime, crime against humanity, criminal tendency, criminality, criminosis, deadly sin, debt, defectiveness, deficiency, delinquency, delusion,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• sin — I n. 1) to commit a sin 2) to expiate; recant a sin 3) to forgive smb. s sin 4) a deadly; inexpiable; mortal; unforgivable, unpardonable; venial sin 5) original sin 6) a sin against 7) a sin to + inf. (it s a sin to tell a lie) 8) a sin that +… …   Combinatory dictionary

• sin — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ cardinal, deadly, mortal ▪ egregious (esp. AmE), grave, great, grievous, heinous ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• sin — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. impiety, sacrilege, transgression, wickedness, impurity, iniquity, vice; offense, crime, fault, error, peccadillo. v. i. transgress, err, offend. See guilt, wrong, badness, evil. II (Roget s IV) n.… …   English dictionary for students

• Actual sin — According to Christian tradition, actual sin as distinguished from original sin is an act contrary to the will and law of God whether by doing evil (sin of commission) or refraining from doing good (sin of omission). It can be either mortal,… …   Wikipedia