To″tal (?), a. [F., fr. LL. totalis, fr. L. tolus all,whole. Cf. Factotum, Surtout, Teetotum.] Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss. “ Total darkness.” “To undergo myself the total crime.” Milton.
Total abstinence. See Abstinence, n., 1. — Total depravity. (Theol.) See Original sin, under Original.
Whole; entire; complete. See Whole.