actual sin

noun

Theology.

1. any sin committed by an individual of their own free will, as contrasted with original sin.

actual sin

noun

1. Christianity any sin that a person commits of his own free will and for which he is personally responsible Compare original sin

Word History and Origins

Origin of actual sin¹

First recorded in 1450–1500

Example Sentences

Why are women meant to feel they are responsible for men’s actual sin of lust?”

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Lost within the film’s extreme environmentalist message is that the actual sins of the pre-Flood people were a rebellion against God and also man’s inhumanity to man.

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She has Him within her, Who has saved her from the stain of original sin, and Who will save her each moment that she lives from actual sin.

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This same writer also states that Dr. Spring, in a treatise on “native depravity,” a work which I have not at hand, has advanced and defended the sentiment of “actual sin from birth.”

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But he also "made an end of sins,"—of the actual sins of every believer.

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