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capital sin

noun as in deadly sin

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He should know better than to succumb to the capital sin of avarice.

Thinking about religion in those days was looked upon in official Christendom as a capital sin.

Above all, they consider the "brogue" to be a capital sin—talem devita.

Persecution had failed to drive Puritan ministers or their followers into what they deemed the capital sin of schism.

But a too villainous curiosity was not the Abb's capital sin.

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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to capital sin, such as: carnal sin, grave sin, mortal sin, unpardonable sin, and unutterable sin.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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