sin¹ /sin/

1. Moral offence or shortcoming, esp from the point of view of religion
2. The condition of offending in this way
3. An offence generally
4. A shame or pity (old informal)

To commit sin (often with against)

1. To commit
2. To burden with sin (as in sin one's soul)
3. To bring, drive, or render by sin (hence sin one's mercies to be ungrateful)

sinˈful adjective

1. Tainted with sin
2. Wicked
3. Involving sin
4. Morally wrong

sinˈfully adverb

sinˈfulness noun

sinˈless adjective

sinˈlessly adverb

sinˈlessness noun

sinnˈer noun

sin bin noun

1. (in ice hockey, etc) an enclosure to which a player is sent for a statutory length of time when suspended from a game for unruly behaviour
2. A room or other place to which disruptive school pupils are sent

sinˈ-bin transitive verb

To send (a person) to the sin bin

sinˈ-eater noun (historical)

A person who by eating bread and salt at a funeral was supposed to take upon himself the sins of the dead person, so that the soul might be delivered from purgatory

sinˈ-eating adjective

sinˈ-offering noun

A sacrifice in expiation of sin

sin tax noun (informal)

A tax levied on items such as cigarettes and alcohol

• in one's mind's eye
• in one's own right
• in one's pocket
• in one's right mind
• in one's senses
• in one's shirt
• in one's shirtsleeves
• in one's sleep
• in one's stocking-feet
• in one's stocking-soles
• in one's time
• in one's tracks
• in one's turn
• in one'the light
• in one word
• in on the secret
• inoperabilities
• inoperability
• inoperable
• inoperableness
• inoperablenesses
• inoperably
• inoperative
• inoperativeness
• inoperativenesses