An unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace:
— Theologians list seven mortal sins.
synonym: deadly sin.
Roget 947:
guilt,
guiltiness;
culpability;
criminality,
criminousness†;
deviation from rectitude
etc.
(improbity)
940†;
sinfulness
etc.
(vice)
945.
misconduct,
misbehavior,
misdoing,
misdeed;
malpractice,
fault,
sin,
error,
transgression;
dereliction,
delinquency;
indiscretion,
lapse,
slip,
trip,
faux pas [Fr.],
peccadillo;
flaw,
blot,
omission;
failing,
failure;
break,
bad break! [U.S.],
capital crime,
delictum [Lat.].
offense,
trespass;
misdemeanor,
misfeasance,
misprision;
malefaction,
malfeasance,
malversation;
crime,
felony.
enormity,
atrocity,
outrage;
deadly sin,
mortal sin;
deed without a name"
[Macbeth].
corpus delicti.
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