Original sin Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a sin said to be inherited by all descendants of Adam
    • Adam and Eve committed the original sin when they ate the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden

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  1. (Theol.), the first sin of Adam, as related to its consequences to his descendants of the human race; called also total depravity. See Calvinism.

Webster 1913