deadly sin

Questions about deadly sin

What does deadly sin mean?

deadly sin means "an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace".

What is another word for deadly sin?

Close synonyms include mortal sin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is deadly sin a common word?

deadly sin is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.