mortal sin

Questions about mortal sin

What does mortal sin mean?

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

What is another word for mortal sin?

Close synonyms include deadly 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.

What is the opposite of mortal sin?

The recorded antonyms are venial sin.

Is mortal sin a common word?

mortal 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.