- Refers to a moral action that is graver than venial sin, thus the action is serious.

- Pertains to a moral action that leads to the separation of an individual from god.

• Hatta

• Pesha

• Awon

• Anomia

• Adikia

• Skotos

- The essence of committing and omitting a sinful act is the stark manifestation of breaking God’s law.

- The free deliberate sinful act hinders the fulfillment of human persons on every level of existence.

- When an individual commits an action that results in the loss of meaning of one’s life.

- That an individual is not the only one affected by the sin, but also the community and society as a whole.

- The commission of sin is a manifestation of complete disregard of God and His divine plan.