actual sin
Noun
Meaning
a sin committed of your own free will (as contrasted with original sin)
Source: WordNetSynonyms
original sin
pure evil
real sin
actual evil
original evil
actual misfortune
actual wrong
current sin
good evil
honest evil
literal evil
natural evil
original crime
original dark
plain evil
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Examples
It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy as an actual sin.
To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.