mortal sin, deadly sin

an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace; theologians list 7 mortal sins

• pride, superbia — unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins)
• envy, invidia — spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)
• avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia — reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
• sloth, laziness, acedia — apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)
• wrath, anger, ire, ira — belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
• gluttony, overeating, gula — eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)
• lust, luxuria — self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins)

• sin, sinning — an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will