sinfulness
State of transgression
Sinfulness is the quality of being sinful—morally wrong according to religious or ethical standards.
The word carries religious weight, implying transgression against divine law rather than mere rule-breaking.
The preacher warned of the sinfulness of pride.
It can describe a general state of moral corruption or specific wrongdoing: the sinfulness of their deeds.
Moral corruption or evil
- iniquityMoral wrongdoing, grave injustice
- viceBad habit or deputy
- turpitudeInherent wickedness or vileness
- basenessMoral worthlessness
vileness · degeneracy · perversion · decadence · corruption · debauchery · profligacy · licentiousness
Guilt for wrongdoing
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- penitenceRemorse for misdeeds
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
self-reproach · culpability · compunction · pangs of conscience · mea culpa · self-condemnation · sorrow · contriteness
Remorseful rejection of past wrongs
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
confession · contrition · amends · restitution · expiation · purification · salvation · reconciliation
Eternal punishment decree
- hellfireEternal punishment by flame
- divine judgmentDeity's moral verdict
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- wrath of GodSupreme being's anger
eternal torment · perdition · consequences · chastisement · fire and brimstone · purgatory · condemnation · karma
Enticing thing that's prohibited
- lureThing that tempts
- enticementSomething that attracts
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- allureAttractive, tempting quality
desire · craving · serpent · fall from grace · yielding · succumbing · siren call · slippery slope
Loss of honor
- dishonorLoss of respect
- humiliationLoss of dignity
- stigmaMark of dishonor
- disreputeDamaged public standing
infamy · ignominy · mortification · reproach · scandal · fallen from grace · taint · stain
wickedness
Moral corruption or evil
- iniquityMoral wrongdoing, grave injustice
- viceBad habit or deputy
- turpitudeInherent wickedness or vileness
baseness · vileness · degeneracy · perversion · decadence · corruption · debauchery · profligacy · licentiousness · lewdness
remorse
Guilt for wrongdoing
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- penitenceRemorse for misdeeds
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
confession · self-reproach · culpability · compunction · pangs of conscience · mea culpa · self-condemnation · sorrow · contriteness · soul-searching
repentance
Remorseful rejection of past wrongs
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
forgiveness · confession · contrition · amends · restitution · expiation · purification · salvation · reconciliation · cleansing
damnation
Eternal punishment decree
- hellfireEternal punishment by flame
- divine judgmentDeity's moral verdict
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
wrath of God · eternal torment · perdition · consequences · chastisement · fire and brimstone · purgatory · condemnation · karma · reckoning
forbidden fruit
Enticing thing that's prohibited
- lureThing that tempts
- enticementSomething that attracts
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
allure · desire · craving · serpent · fall from grace · yielding · succumbing · siren call · slippery slope · worldly pleasures
disgrace
Loss of honor
- dishonorLoss of respect
- humiliationLoss of dignity
- stigmaMark of dishonor
disrepute · infamy · ignominy · mortification · reproach · scandal · fallen from grace · taint · stain · blemish
- deviancedeviance, perversion, perversity, aberration, abnormality
- immoralityvice, wickedness, depravity, iniquity, debauchery
- moral statesmorality, immorality, virtue, vice, righteousness
- sintransgression, iniquity, wickedness, evil, lust
- sinsgreed, lust, gluttony, sloth, coveting
- wickednessevil, evilness, wickedness, villainy, malice
sinfulnessvirtue
Moral goodness or merit
righteousness · goodness · morality · virtuousness · purity
sinfulnessholiness
Sacred spiritual purity
saintliness · piety · sanctity · godliness · grace
sinfulnessinnocence
Freedom from wrongdoing
blamelessness · guiltlessness · chasteness · chastity · purity
sin, sinful, sinner, sins, sinning, sinned, sinless, sinfully, venial sin