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noun
Sin that is said to contravene the natural moral order rather than offending God directly, for example because the sinner is ignorant of divine law or does not think of God in the act.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable
Topics: Christianity
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see philosophical, sin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
Ultimately from Ecclesiastical Latin peccātum philosophicum, coined around 1600.
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