sin
nounverbnounnouncommon in dialogue
- //ˈsɪn//
- /[ˈsɪn]/
- //siːn//
A violation of divine will or religious law.
noun
- 1
A violation of divine will or religious law.
As a Christian, I think this is a sin against God.
Slavery, according to them, was a grievous sin against God, and therefore no human Constitution could rightfully shield it from destruction. It was sinful to live in a political confederacy which tolerated slavery in any of the States composing it […]
DCI Tom Barnaby: If it wasn't stealing, what was it? Christine Cooper: It was a sin, Mr Barnaby. It's not wrong to sin. Christ came into this world for the sinners. Barnaby: To call people to repentance, Mrs Cooper.
- 2
Sinfulness, depravity, iniquity.
- 3
A misdeed or wrong.
The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen.[…]The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man's private calendar, took most of them by surprise although they had been well prepared.
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A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.
For he hath made him to be ſinne for vs, who knewe no ſinne,[…]
- 5
An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.
Thy Ambition / (Thou Scarlet ſinne) robb’d this bewailing Land / Of Noble Buckingham,[…]
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A flaw or mistake.
No movie is without sin.
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sin bin
Winger Cheslin Kolbe, sitting with his jersey over his head in the sin after a yellow card at the death, was probably the sight of millions of South Africans around the country who had their hearts in their mouth as they sat through another nail-biting match.
Etymology
From Middle English sinne, synne, sunne, zen, from Old English synn (“sin”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnju, from Proto-Germanic *sunjō (“truth, excuse”) and *sundī, *sundijō (“sin”), from , from *h₁sónts ("being, true", implying a verdict of "truly guilty" against an accusation or charge), from *h₁es- (“to be”); compare Old English sōþ ("true"; see sooth). Doublet of suttee. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sände, Säände (“sin”), West Frisian sûnde (“sin”), German Sünde (“sin”), Luxembourgish Sënd, Sënn (“sin”), Vilamovian zynd (“sin”) Yiddish זינד (zind, “sin”), Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish synd (“sin”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰 (sunja, “truth”), Latin sont-, sons (“sinful, guilty, criminal”).
verb
- 1
To commit a sin.
Christine Cooper: It's not wrong to sin. Christ came into this world for the sinners. DCI Tom Barnaby: To call people to repentance, Mrs Cooper.
noun
- 1
A letter of the Hebrew alphabet; שׂ
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A letter of the Arabic alphabet; س
Etymology
Modification of shin.
noun
- 1
Variant of sinhAlternative form of sinh (“tube skirt”).
Forms
- plural
- sins
- past tense
- sinned
- past participle
- sinned
- present participle
- sinning
- third person singular
- sins
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