Total \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}. Syn: Whole; entire; complete. See {Whole}.