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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One of the seven sins—anger, covetousness, envy, gluttony, lust, pride, and sloth—that are traditionally believed most seriously to endanger one's salvation.
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- noun any of the
seven deadly sins -anger ,greed /avarice ,envy ,gluttony ,lust ,pride , andsloth
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- noun an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace
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