mortal sin

English

Noun

mortal sin (countable and uncountable, plural mortal sins)

1. (Roman Catholicism, theology) a sin which causes the loss of God's grace, leading to eternal damnation, unless the sinner repents, which includes their intent to confess and atone; such a sin is defined as a transgression against one of the Ten Commandments with the full knowledge and deliberate consent of the sinner.

   Synonym: grave sin

   Antonym: venial sin

Usage notes

• Note that Catholic doctrine defines the Ten Commandments in a wider than literal sense. For example, thou shalt not commit adultery is taken to include all disallowed sexual activity; thou shalt not murder is taken to include any unnecessary, dangerous harm against a person's health and honor.

Translations

grave sin

• Basque: bekatu astun
• Catalan: pecat mortal m
• Czech: smrtelný hřích m
• Dutch: doodzonde (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: morta peko
• Finnish: kuolemansynti (fi)
• French: péché grave m
• German: Todsünde (de) f
• Indonesian: dosa berat
• Irish: peaca marfach m
• Italian: peccato mortale m
• Japanese: 大罪 (ja) (たいざい, taizai)
• Korean: 대죄 (daejoe)
• Luxembourgish: Doudsënn f
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• Manx: peccah marrooagh
• Polish: grzech śmiertelny m
• Portuguese: pecado mortal m
• Romansch: putgà mortal m
• Russian: сме́ртный грех (ru) (smértnyj grex)
• Scottish Gaelic: peacadh-bàis m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: смртни грије̑х m

  Latin: smrtni grijȇh m

• Spanish: pecado mortal (es) m
• Swedish: dödssynd (sv)
• Turkish: büyük günah (tr)
• Vietnamese: tội trọng
• Welsh: pechod marwol m

See also

• deadly sin (strictly a different concept, though often used interchangeably)
• capital vice
• cardinal sin

Anagrams

• normalist, stromalin