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seven deadly sins

British  

plural noun

  1. a fuller name for the deadly sins

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seven deadly sins Cultural  

  1. Widely known in the Middle Ages as sins that lead to damnation. They are: pride, covetousness (greed), lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth. (See mortal sin/venial sin.)

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Gluttony is one of Christianity’s seven deadly sins.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2024

Each cone represents one of the seven deadly sins: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2023

Of the seven deadly sins, envy is the one you’d least expect to see in the world’s highest-ranking executives.

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2022

He defined boredom as "ultimately about not caring for whatever is around you" and placed it among the seven deadly sins.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2021

One may not even tell an entertaining dream without being suspected of having liberally edited it,—as if editing were one of the seven deadly sins, instead of a useful and honourable occupation!

From The World I Live In by Keller, Helen

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