- Actual sin
- Actual Ac"tu*al (#; 135), a. [OE. actuel, F. actuel, L.
actualis, fr. agere to do, act.]
1. Involving or comprising action; active. [Obs.]
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Her walking and other actual performances. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is . . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to God. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
2. Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; -- opposed to {potential}, {possible}, {virtual}, {speculative}, {conceivable}, {theoretical}, or {nominal}; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion. [1913 Webster]
3. In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country. [1913 Webster]
{Actual cautery}. See under {Cautery}.
{Actual sin} (Theol.), that kind of sin which is done by ourselves in contradistinction to ``original sin.'' [1913 Webster]
Syn: Real; genuine; positive; certain. See {Real}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.