péché mortel

Definitions of péché mortel
  1. noun
    an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace
    synonyms: péché
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    avidité
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
    mollesse, paresse
    apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)
    colère, courroux
    belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
    arrogance, hauteur, orgueil
    overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
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    péché
    an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will
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