ORIGINAL SIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does original sin mean? 

• ORIGINAL SIN (noun)
  The noun ORIGINAL SIN has 1 sense:

1. a sin said to be inherited by all descendants of Adam

  Familiarity information: ORIGINAL SIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORIGINAL SIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sin said to be inherited by all descendants of Adam

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

Adam and Eve committed the original sin when they ate the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden

Hypernyms ("original sin" is a kind of...):

sin; sinning (an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will)

church doctrine; creed; gospel; religious doctrine (the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group)

Antonym:

actual sin (a sin committed of your own free will (as contrasted with original sin))