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

live in sin (old)

To cohabit without being married

original sin see under origin

sinner it (Pope)

To act as a sinner