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sin
1[ sin ]
noun
- transgression of divine law:
the sin of Adam.
Synonyms: , ,
- any act regarded as such a transgression, especially a willful or deliberate violation of some religious or moral principle.
Synonyms: ,
- any reprehensible or regrettable action, behavior, lapse, etc.; great fault or offense:
It's a sin to waste time.
verb (used without object)
- to commit a sinful act.
Synonyms: ,
- to offend against a principle, standard, etc.
verb (used with object)
- to commit or perform sinfully:
He sinned his crimes without compunction.
- to bring, drive, etc., by sinning:
He sinned his soul to perdition.
sin
2[ seen ]
noun
- the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- the consonant sound represented by this letter.
sin
3abbreviation for
ī
4[ seen ]
noun
- the 12th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
Sin
5[ seen ]
noun
- the Akkadian god of the moon: the counterpart of the Sumerian Nanna.
SIN
1abbreviation for
- social insurance number
sin
2/ ɪ /
noun
- theol
- transgression of God's known will or any principle or law regarded as embodying this
- the condition of estrangement from God arising from such transgression See also actual sin mortal sin original sin venial sin
- any serious offence, as against a religious or moral principle
- any offence against a principle or standard
- live in sin informal.(of an unmarried couple) to live together
verb
- theol to commit a sin
- usually foll by against to commit an offence (against a person, principle, etc)
sin
3/ ɪ /
preposition
- a Scot dialect word for since
sin
4/ ː /
noun
- a variant of shin, the 21st letter in the Hebrew alphabet (שׂ), transliterated as S See shin 2
sin
5/ ɪ /
abbreviation for
- sine
sin
- Abbreviation of sine
Derived Forms
- ˈԲԱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- l adjective
- nԲ· adverb
- nԲ·Ա noun
- ܲ·nԲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sin1
Origin of sin2
Origin of sin3
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sin1
Idioms and Phrases
see live in sin ; more sinned against than sinning ; multitude of sins ; ugly as sin ; wages of sin .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
I got into English muffins because their griddled tops hid any number of sins.
In 2022, he ran again and won with a focus on school issues — blasting “woke warriors on the left” for miseducating local children, including on the “sins of our past.”
Keep these traits in check the next time you find yourself in a horror film scenario: curiosity—the genre’s original sin—and dissatisfaction, its slipperier cousin.
"It was like a cardinal sin," Dawn Butler told the Commons during a debate on St Patrick's Day and Northern Irish affairs.
“She had lots of friends, most of them bad. She was driven by a thousand desires, a few of them decent. She sinned. She stole. But she swore she never murdered.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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