actual sin

American  

noun

Theology.

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

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actual sin British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of actual sin

First recorded in 1450–1500

Example Sentences

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

From Washington Times

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.

From Time

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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.”

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg