deadly sin

Synonyms:

mortal sin

Antonyms:

venial sin

a pardonable sin regarded as entailing only a partial loss of grace

Types:

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pride, superbia

unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins)

envy, invidia

spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)

avarice, avaritia, covetousness, greed, rapacity

reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

acedia, laziness, sloth

apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)

anger, ira, ire, wrath

belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)

gluttony, gula, overeating

eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)

lust, luxuria

self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins)

arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness

overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors

Type of:

sin, sinning

an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will