original sin

noun3

1. •
   The state of sinfulness, present in each human from birth, which is a result of Adam's disobedience.

   • I vvas baptized in thy Cordiall vvater, against Original sinne, and I haue drunke of thy Cordiall Blood, for my recouerie, from actuall, and habituall sinne, in the other Sacrament. — 1624
2. •
   Adam's disobedience to God, beginning with his eating of the forbidden fruit, often depicted as an apple.
3. •
   (figurative) The misdeed partially or entirely responsible for all of the similar ones after it.

   • The dim-wits hardly realize that they come pretty close to accusing God of advocating ritual murder, when they use the Biblical story to prove the “original sin” of the Jews. — 1970