Usually means: Grave sin separating from God.
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  1. mortal sin: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. mortal sin: Merriam-Webster
  3. mortal sin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. mortal sin: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. mortal sin: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. mortal sin: Wiktionary
  8. mortal sin: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. mortal sin: Dictionary.com
  10. Mortal Sin (band), Mortal Sin (film), Mortal sin, The Mortal Sin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. mortal sin: Rhymezone
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Definitions from Wiktionary (mortal sin)

noun:  (Roman Catholicism, theology) A sin which causes the loss of God's grace, leading to eternal damnation, unless the sinner repents, which includes their intent to confess and atone; such a sin is defined as a grave transgression against one of the Ten Commandments with the full knowledge and deliberate consent of the sinner.

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