deadly sin

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deadly sin (plural deadly sins)

1. Any of the seven deadly sins: pride (or vanity, vainglory), envy, gluttony, greed (or avarice), lust, sloth (or acedia), and wrath (or anger).

   Synonym: cardinal sin

   Antonym: capital virtue

   Coordinate terms: venial sin, mortal sin

   • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

     There are deadly sins from which God's people may recover. A man may even communicate unworthily, and yet, so be it he sin not against the Holy Ghost, he may find forgiveness.

• mortal sin (strictly a different concept, though often used interchangeably)