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Sin

S0421575 (sĭn)n. Mythology The Babylonian god of the moon.

[Akkadian Sîn.]

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S0421575 (sĭn)n.1. A transgression of a religious or moral law, especially when deliberate.2. Theology a. Deliberate disobedience to the known will of God.b. A condition of estrangement from God resulting from such disobedience.3. Something regarded as being shameful, deplorable, or utterly wrong.intr.v. sinned, sin·ning, sins To violate a religious or moral law.Idioms: live in sin To cohabit in a sexual relationship without being married. as sin Completely or extremely: He is guilty as sin.

[Middle English sinne, from Old English synn; see es- in Indo-European roots.]

sin²

S0129900 (sēn, sĭn)n. One of the two forms of the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet, distinguished from the letter shin by having a dot above the left side of the letter. See Table at alphabet.

[Hebrew śîn, modeled on šîn, shin (the following letter).]

sin³

abbr. sine

sin

(sɪn) n1. (Theology) theol a. transgression of God's known will or any principle or law regarded as embodying thisb. the condition of estrangement from God arising from such transgression. See also actual sin, mortal sin, original sin, venial sin2. any serious offence, as against a religious or moral principle3. any offence against a principle or standard4. live in sin informal (of an unmarried couple) to live togethervb (intr) , sins, sinning or sinned5. (Theology) theol to commit a sin6. (usually foll by against) to commit an offence (against a person, principle, etc)[Old English synn; related to Old Norse synth, Old High German suntea sin, Latin sons guilty] ˈsinner n

sin

(sɪn) prep, conj, adv a Scot dialect word for since

sin

(siːn) n (Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) a variant of shin, the 21st letter in the Hebrew alphabet (שׂ), transliterated as S. See shin²

sin

(saɪn) mathsabbreviation for (Mathematics) sine

SIN

S.I.N.

(in Canada) abbreviation for (Social Welfare) social insurance number

sin¹

(sɪn)

n., v. sinned, sin•ning. n. 1. transgression of divine law. 2. any act regarded as such a transgression, esp. a willful violation of some religious or moral principle. 3. any reprehensible action; serious fault or offense. v.i. 4. to commit a sinful act. 5. to offend against a principle, standard, etc. [before 900; Old English syn(n) offense, akin to Old High German sunt(e)a, Old Norse synd] syn: See crime.

sin²

(sin, sɪn)

n. the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet. [1895–1900; < Hebrew śīn]

sin

sine.

SIN

(sɪn)
n. Canadian. social insurance number.

sin

Abbreviation of sine

sin

inequity, iniquity - Inequity is "injustice, unfairness"; iniquity refers to "immorality, sin, wickedness."
remission, remit - Remission originally meant forgiveness or pardon for an offense or sin, and remit meant "forgive, pardon."
reprehensible - Usually applied to things, not people—the sin and not the sinner.
assoil - To pardon or atone for a sin.

Sin

See also evil; hell; heresy; religion; theology.
hamartiologyTheology. the study or science of the doctrine of sin.hamartomaniaan obsession with sin.hamartophobiaan abnormal fear of error or sin.peccancy1. the state or condition of being sinful or in sin.
2. a sinful act. — peccant, adj.peccatiphobia, peccatophobiaan abnormal fear of sinning.simonythe sin or offense of selling or granting for personal advantage church appointments, benefices, preferments, etc. — simonist, n.

sin

Past participle: sinned
Gerund: sinning

Imperative
sin
sin

Present
I sin
you sin
he/she/it sins
we sin
you sin
they sin

Preterite
I sinned
you sinned
he/she/it sinned
we sinned
you sinned
they sinned

Present Continuous
I am sinning
you are sinning
he/she/it is sinning
we are sinning
you are sinning
they are sinning

Present Perfect
I have sinned
you have sinned
he/she/it has sinned
we have sinned
you have sinned
they have sinned

Past Continuous
I was sinning
you were sinning
he/she/it was sinning
we were sinning
you were sinning
they were sinning

Past Perfect
I had sinned
you had sinned
he/she/it had sinned
we had sinned
you had sinned
they had sinned

Future
I will sin
you will sin
he/she/it will sin
we will sin
you will sin
they will sin

Future Perfect
I will have sinned
you will have sinned
he/she/it will have sinned
we will have sinned
you will have sinned
they will have sinned

Future Continuous
I will be sinning
you will be sinning
he/she/it will be sinning
we will be sinning
you will be sinning
they will be sinning

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been sinning
you have been sinning
he/she/it has been sinning
we have been sinning
you have been sinning
they have been sinning

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been sinning
you will have been sinning
he/she/it will have been sinning
we will have been sinning
you will have been sinning
they will have been sinning

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been sinning
you had been sinning
he/she/it had been sinning
we had been sinning
you had been sinning
they had been sinning

Conditional
I would sin
you would sin
he/she/it would sin
we would sin
you would sin
they would sin

Past Conditional
I would have sinned
you would have sinned
he/she/it would have sinned
we would have sinned
you would have sinned
they would have sinned

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sin - estrangement from god sinfulness, wickednessunrighteousness - failure to adhere to moral principles; "forgave us our sins and cleansed us of all unrighteousness"mark of Cain - the mark that God set upon Cain now refers to a person's sinful nature
	2.	sin - an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's willsinningevildoing, transgression - the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle; "the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father"fall - a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity; "a fall from virtue"actual sin - a sin committed of your own free will (as contrasted with original sin)original sin - a sin said to be inherited by all descendants of Adam; "Adam and Eve committed the original sin when they ate the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden"deadly sin, mortal sin - an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace; "theologians list seven mortal sins"venial sin - a pardonable sin regarded as entailing only a partial loss of grace
	3.	sin - ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled trianglesinecircular function, trigonometric function - function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the length of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle
	4.	Sin - (Akkadian) god of the Moon; counterpart of Sumerian NannaMesopotamia - the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq
	5.	sin - the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabetHebraic alphabet, Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew script - a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino)alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"
	6.	sin - violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin"hellactivity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
Verb	1.	sin - commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral lawtransgress, trespassfall - yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell"breach, infract, transgress, violate, go against, offend, break - act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"
	2.	sin - commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I blundered during the job interview"blunder, boob, drop the ball, goofbreach, infract, transgress, violate, go against, offend, break - act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"

sin

noun1. wickedness, wrong, evil, crime, error, trespass, blasphemy, immorality, transgression, iniquity, irreverence, sinfulness, impiety, unrighteousness, ungodliness Sin can be forgiven, but never condoned.2. crime, offence, misdemeanour, error, lapse, wrongdoing, misdeed, transgression, act of evil, guilt Was it a sin to have believed too much in themselves?verb1. transgress, offend, lapse, err, trespass (archaic), fall from grace, go astray, commit a sin, do wrong They charged him with sinning against God and man.Related words
like hamartiomania
fear hamartiophobiaQuotations
"I count religion but a childish toy"
"And hold there is no sin but ignorance" [Christopher Marlowe The Jew of Malta]
"The wages of sin is death" Bible: Romans
"more sinn'd against than sinning" [William Shakespeare King Lear]
"All good biography, as all good fiction, comes down to the study of original sin, of our inherent disposition to choose death when we ought to choose life" [Rebecca West Time and Tide]
"There's no such thing as an original sin" [Elvis Costello I'm not Angry]
"Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow" Bible: Isaiah
"He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith" Bible: Ecclesiasticus
"If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us" Bible: I John
"It is public scandal that constitutes offence, and to sin in secret is not to sin at all" [Molière Le Tartuffe]Proverbs
"Old sins cast long shadows"

Seven deadly sins

anger, covetousness or avarice, envy, gluttony, lust, pride, sloth

sin

noun1. A wicked act or wicked behavior:crime, deviltry, diablerie, evil, evildoing, immorality, iniquity, misdeed, offense, peccancy, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing.2. That which is morally bad or objectionable:evil, iniquity, peccancy, wickedness, wrong.3. Something that offends one's sense of propriety, fairness, or justice:crime, offense, outrage.verbTo violate a moral or divine law:err, offend, transgress, trespass.

Translations

犯罪罪孽罪恶过失

sin

(sin) noun wickedness, or a wicked act, especially one that breaks a religious law. It is a sin to envy the possessions of other people; Lying and cheating are both sins.罪恶 verb – past tense, past participle sinned – to do wrong; to commit a sin, especially in the religious sense. Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. 犯罪，过失 ˈsinner noun罪人ˈsinful adjective wicked. 罪孽深重的ˈsinfully adverb罪孽深重地ˈsinfulness noun罪孽深重

sin

→ 罪孽zhCN

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Sin.

1 in the Bible, one of the wildernesses through which the Israelites wandered when they left Egypt. It is not the same as ZinZin,
in the Bible, wilderness through which the Israelites wandered, SW of the Dead Sea.
..... Click the link for more information. . 2 The town PelusiumPelusium
, ancient city of Egypt, on the easternmost branch of the Nile (long since silted up) and c.20 mi (30 km) E of modern Port Said. It was especially important as a frontier fortress against attacks from the east.
..... Click the link for more information. , which is rendered Sin in Hebrew.

Sin

(sĭn), moon god of Semitic origin, worshiped in ancient Middle Eastern religions. One of the principal deities in the Babylonian and Assyrian pantheons, he was lord of the calendar and of wisdom. The chief centers of his worship were at Harran and at Ur, where he was known as Nanna.

sin,

in religion, unethical act. The term implies disobedience to a personal God, as in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and is not used so often in systems such as Buddhism where there is no personal divinity. In ancient Israel, besides personal sin there was national sin, usually idolatry; to regain God's favor the whole people had to be purified. Ex. 32–34. Crimes of a few might also be visited on all, but punishment of the criminals could avert this. Joshua 7. Apart from original sinoriginal sin,
in Christian theology, the sin of Adam, by which all humankind fell from divine grace. Saint Augustine was the fundamental theologian in the formulation of this doctrine, which states that the essentially graceless nature of humanity requires redemption to save it.
..... Click the link for more information. , Christianity and Islam have no developed idea of collective sin. As to what constitutes sin, Christian ideas differ. Some Christians divide human acts into good, indifferent, and bad; others regard all acts not positively good as necessarily sinful. Thus, some may think gambling is indifferent so long as no obligation is infringed, while others consider gambling wrong as such. The traditional view, presupposed by Christian asceticism, is that a major way to perfection lies in performing or in refraining from indifferent acts solely to please God. The theory that no act is really indifferent is common among conservative "evangelical" Protestants. For Christians, the effect of sin may be twofold, since a sin is at once a rebellion against the omnipotent Creator, risking punishment (even hellhell,
in Western monotheistic religions, eternal abode of souls damned by the judgment of God. The souls in hell are deprived forever of the sight of God. The punishment of hell is generally analogized to earthly fire.
..... Click the link for more information. ), as well as a cause of the interruption of grace, a notion that was popularized in the Middle Ages, notably by the Cistercians in the 12th cent. and the Franciscans in the 13th. It is explicit in Western mysticism and in modern Roman Catholic teaching. Among Protestants it was typical of Martin Luther and John Wesley. In Western theology (particularly Roman Catholicism) sins are mortal if committed with knowing and deliberate intent in a serious matter; other sins are venial. Habitual sin is called vice. Roman Catholics are required to confess individually all mortal sins (see penancepenance
, sacrament of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Eastern churches. By it the penitent (the person receiving the sacrament) is absolved of his or her sins by a confessor (the person hearing the confession and conferring the sacrament).
..... Click the link for more information. ). The seven deadly, or capital, sins are pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth. The sins that cry out to heaven for vengeance are willful murder (Gen. 4.10), the sin of Sodom (Gen. 18.20,21), oppression of the poor (Ex. 2.23), and defrauding the laborer of his wages (James 5.4). The sin of the angels (specifically of SatanSatan
[Heb.,=adversary], traditional opponent of God and humanity in Judaism and Christianity. In Scripture and literature the role of the opponent is given many names, such as Apolyon, Beelzebub, Semihazah, Azazel, Belial, and Sammael.
..... Click the link for more information. ) is pride. The opposite of sin is virtuevirtue
[Lat.,=manliness], in philosophy, quality of good in human conduct. The cardinal virtues, as presented by Plato, were wisdom (or prudence), courage, temperance, and justice.
..... Click the link for more information. , but in Christian practice the opposite of sin is gracegrace,
in Christian theology, the free favor of God toward humans, which is necessary for their salvation. A distinction is made between natural grace (e.g., the gift of life) and supernatural grace, by which God makes a person (born sinful because of original sin) capable of
..... Click the link for more information. , i.e., the merits of Christ's virtues given to humanity. See atonementatonement,
the reconciliation, or "at-one-ment," of sinful humanity with God. In Judaism both the Bible and rabbinical thought reflect the belief that God's chosen people must be pure to remain in communion with God.
..... Click the link for more information. ; baptismbaptism
[Gr., =dipping], in most Christian churches a sacrament. It is a rite of purification by water, a ceremony invoking the grace of God to regenerate the person, free him or her from sin, and make that person a part of the church.
..... Click the link for more information. ; ethicsethics,
in philosophy, the study and evaluation of human conduct in the light of moral principles. Moral principles may be viewed either as the standard of conduct that individuals have constructed for themselves or as the body of obligations and duties that a particular society
..... Click the link for more information. ; purgatorypurgatory
[Lat.,=place of purging], in the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, the state after death in which the soul destined for heaven is purified. Since only the perfect can enjoy the vision of God (inferred from Mat. 12.36; Rev. 21.
..... Click the link for more information. .

Sin

The concept of sin plays a large role in a number of Easter-related observances. According to Christian doctrine Jesus' sacrificial death on the cross on Good Friday rescued his followers from the consequences of their sins. In the Eucharist, a ceremony that takes place every Sunday in some churches, Christians remember the events surrounding Jesus' crucifixion and recommit themselves to the new covenant, or relationship, with God brought about through these events. Finally, the concepts of sin and repentance have shaped the way in which many Christians observe Lent, the approximately sixweek season that precedes Holy Week and Easter.

Today the word "sin" is commonly understood to refer to an immoral or unethical act. Frequently sin is seen as shameful. Biblical concepts of sin appear to have been broader and somewhat more subtle than this everyday understanding. The Hebrew scriptures, which Christians call the Old Testament, rely on several different words to describe human failings, all of which have been translated into modern English as "sin." For example, these texts often lament humanity's tendency towards 'awon, which means "wickedness" but which evokes the concept of bending or twisting. They also denounce what they see as paša, meaning rebellion or breaking of the law. A third common term for these kinds of errors, hata, signifies missing the mark or straying from the path. They also apply the words šagag, to err or to go astray, and ta'â, to err or to wander. Writing in ancient Greek, the authors of the New Testament, or Christian scriptures, usually describe these same human failings by invoking the concept of hamar- tía, a term used to describe an arrow that misses its target. They also speak of ponerós, evil, adikía, injustice or unrighteousness, parábasis, transgression, and anomía, lawlessness. These words, too, have been translated into English as "sin."

Some contemporary Christian theologians describe sins as those human actions not in accordance with God's loving purposes for Creation. Others understand sin as human failure or refusal to live the life intended for them by God. At the heart of these and other theological definitions of sin lies the notion of human withdrawal from God. Since sin separates people from God, it also distances them from the possibility of salvation. Biblical writers often describe sin in terms of slavery, debt, or death. The Bible repeatedly observes that in spite of its unpleasantness human beings tend to lapse into sin. Selfishness or lack of trust in God usually motivates these lapses. Because sin results in estrangement, or distance from God, the healing of sin requires a process of reconciliation, or restoration of one's relationship with God. Christians call this process redemption. They believe that this process, begun by God, centers around the life, teachings, and sacrificial death of Jesus Christ. During his life Jesus taught his followers how to have a closer relationship with God (see also Repentance). Moreover, Jesus offered his own suffering and death by crucifixion as a sacrifice for the sins of his followers (for more on the concept of sacrifice, see Redemption). According to Christian theology, this sacrificial act reconciled humanity and the whole of Creation with God.

Further Reading

Efird, James M. "Sin." In Paul J. Achtemeier, ed. The HarperCollins Bible Dic- tionary. New York: HarperCollins, 1996. Jefford, Clayton N. "Sin." In David Noel Freedman, ed. Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2000. Myers, Allen C., ed. "Sin." In The Eerdmans Bible Dictionary. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1987. "Sin." In E. A. Livingstone, ed. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. Third edition. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1997. "Sin." In Leland Ryken, James C. Wilhoit, and Tremper Longman III, eds. Dictionary of Biblical Imagery. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1998.

sin

¹ Theola. transgression of God's known will or any principle or law regarded as embodying this b. the condition of estrangement from God arising from such transgression

sin

² the 21st letter in the Hebrew alphabet (שׂ), transliterated as S

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noun wickedness

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noun crime

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verb transgress

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noun a wicked act or wicked behavior

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noun that which is morally bad or objectionable

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noun something that offends one's sense of propriety, fairness, or justice

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verb to violate a moral or divine law

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noun estrangement from god

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noun an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will

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noun ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle

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noun (Akkadian) god of the Moon

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noun the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet

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noun violent and excited activity

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verb commit a sin

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verb commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake

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