# philosophical sin

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Sin that is said to contravene the natural moral order rather than offending God directly, for example because the sinner is ignorant of divine law or does not think of God in the act.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see philosophical, sin.

## Etymology
Ultimately from Ecclesiastical Latin peccātum philosophicum, coined around 1600.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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