carnal sin
Bodily desire's wrongdoing
Carnal sin is a Christian theological term for sins of the flesh—transgressions driven by bodily appetites rather than spiritual failings.
Lust, gluttony, and drunkenness are carnal sins; pride and envy are not.
The phrase emphasizes physical indulgence over intellectual or spiritual corruption: The preacher warned against carnal sins of the body.
- lustIntense carnal appetite
- fleshSoft body matter
- temptationUrge toward the unwise
- forbiddenNot allowed
- desireIntense wanting
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- sexual ethicssexual morality, sexual ethics, chastity, adultery, human sexuality
- sexual sinsfornication, adultery, lust, lechery, lewdness
- DanteDivine Comedy, Inferno, Dante, Paradiso, Beatrice
carnal sinthought crime
Punishable unorthodox belief
blasphemy · heresy · apostasy · idolatry · covetousness
carnal sinchastity
Abstaining from sexual activity
purity · celibacy · continence · abstinence · temperance
carnal sinasceticism
Severe self-denial practice
fasting · renunciation · austerity · self-control · self-denial
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