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noun
The transition of the first man and woman from a state of innocent obedience to God to a state of guilty disobedience.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
(Judeo-Christian mythology) when Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden, God punished them by driving them out of the Garden of Eden and into the world where they would be subject to sickness and pain and eventual death
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: landmark, turning point, watershed
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