unrighteousness - failure to adhere to moral principles; "forgave us our sins and cleansed us of all unrighteousness"

mark of Cain - the mark that God set upon Cain now refers to a person's sinful nature

evildoing, transgression - the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle; "the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father"

fall - a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity; "a fall from virtue"

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

original sin - a sin inherited by all descendants of Adam; "Adam and Even committed the original sin when they ate the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden"

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

venial sin - a pardonable sin regarded as entailing only a partial loss of grace

circular function, trigonometric function - function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle

Mesopotamia - the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq

Semitic deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites

Hebraic alphabet, Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew script - a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino)

alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"

activity - any specific activity; "they avoided all recreational activity"

colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

fall - yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell"

breach, infract, transgress, violate, go against, offend, break - act in disregard of laws and rules; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"

breach, infract, transgress, violate, go against, offend, break - act in disregard of laws and rules; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"