sin1
/sɪn
/noun
1An immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law: a sin in the eyes of God [mass noun]: the human capacity for sin...
- We now live in, and scientists study, a creation damaged by human sin and divine judgment.
- Part of the transgression of a sin is using something holy for an unholy purpose.
- Cole fears that his supernatural abilities themselves are a sin, and Malcolm's sin is the classic sin of unbelief.
Synonyms
immoral act, wrong, wrongdoing, act of evil/wickedness, transgression, crime, offence, misdeed, misdemeanour, error, lapse, fall from grace
archaic trespass
wickedness, wrongdoing, wrong, evil, evil-doing, sinfulness, ungodliness, unrighteousness, immorality, vice, transgression, crime, error, iniquity, irreligiousness, irreverence, profanity, blasphemy, impiety, impiousness, sacrilege, profanation, desecration
1.1An act regarded as a serious or regrettable fault, offence, or omission: he committed the unforgivable sin of refusing to give interviews...
- They are being met with indifference or active hostility because they have committed the unforgivable sin of cooperating with the Americans.
- I am a young, ordinary person; I struggle with my life, my faults and my sins just like everyone else.
- It's my own sin, my own fault and I just want to say I'm sorry.
Synonyms
scandal, crime, disgrace, outrage
verb (sins, sinning, sinned) [no object]
1Commit a sin: I sinned and brought shame down on us...
- Adam sinned and brought death, disease and bloodshed into the world.
- Because we sinned and thus committed high treason against the God of creation, we don't even deserve to exist!
- If a person sees another Jew sinning or following the wrong path, he is required to correct him and attempt to set him right.
Synonyms
commit a sin, offend against God, commit an offence, transgress, do wrong, commit a crime, break the law, misbehave, go astray, stray from the straight and narrow, go wrong, fall from grace
archaic trespass
1.1 (sin against) Offend against (God, a person, or a principle): Lord, we have sinned against you...
- To sin against the Holy Spirit is to sin against hope.
- I hereby forgive everyone who offended or angered me, or sinned against me.
- To live in this world was to live in the expectation of sinning and being sinned against.
Phrases
(as) —— as sin
for one's sins
like sin
live in sin
sin of commission
sin of omission
Origin
Old English synn (noun), syngian (verb); probably related to Latin sons, sont- 'guilty'.
Rhymes
sin2
/sʌɪn/abbreviation
Sine.