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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (6)

1. estrangement from god;
[syn: sin, sinfulness, wickedness]

2. an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will;
[syn: sin, sinning]

3. ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle;
[syn: sine, sin]

4. (Akkadian) god of the Moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna;

5. the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet;

6. violent and excited activity;
- Example: "they began to fight like sin"
[syn: sin, hell]


VERB (2)

1. commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law;
[syn: sin, transgress, trespass]

2. commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake;
- Example: "I blundered during the job interview"
[syn: drop the ball, sin, blunder, boob, goof]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sin \Sin\, n. [OE. sinne, AS. synn, syn; akin to D. zonde, OS. sundia, OHG. sunta, G. s["u]nde, Icel., Dan. & Sw. synd, L. sons, sontis, guilty, perhaps originally from the p. pr. of the verb signifying, to be, and meaning, the one who it is. Cf. Authentic, Sooth.] 1. Transgression of the law of God; disobedience of the divine command; any violation of God's will, either in purpose or conduct; moral deficiency in the character; iniquity; as, sins of omission and sins of commission. [1913 Webster] Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. --John viii. 34. [1913 Webster] Sin is the transgression of the law. --1 John iii. 4. [1913 Webster] I think 't no sin. To cozen him that would unjustly win. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Enthralled By sin to foul, exorbitant desires. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. An offense, in general; a violation of propriety; a misdemeanor; as, a sin against good manners. [1913 Webster] I grant that poetry's a crying sin. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin. [1913 Webster] He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin. --2 Cor. v. 21. [1913 Webster] 4. An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person. [R.] [1913 Webster] Thy ambition, Thou scarlet sin, robbed this bewailing land Of noble Buckingham. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Note: Sin is used in the formation of some compound words of obvious signification; as, sin-born; sin-bred, sin-oppressed, sin-polluted, and the like. [1913 Webster] Actual sin, Canonical sins, Original sin, Venial sin. See under Actual, Canonical, etc. Deadly sins, or Mortal sins (R. C. Ch.), willful and deliberate transgressions, which take away divine grace; -- in distinction from vental sins. The seven deadly sins are pride, covetousness, lust, wrath, gluttony, envy, and sloth. Sin eater, a man who (according to a former practice in England) for a small gratuity ate a piece of bread laid on the chest of a dead person, whereby he was supposed to have taken the sins of the dead person upon himself. Sin offering, a sacrifice for sin; something offered as an expiation for sin. [1913 Webster] Syn: Iniquity; wickedness; wrong. See Crime. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sin \Sin\, adv., prep., & conj. Old form of Since. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster] Sin that his lord was twenty year of age. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sin \Sin\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sinned; p. pr. & vb. n. Sinning.] [OE. sinnen, singen, sinegen, AS. syngian. See Sin, n.] 1. To depart voluntarily from the path of duty prescribed by God to man; to violate the divine law in any particular, by actual transgression or by the neglect or nonobservance of its injunctions; to violate any known rule of duty; -- often followed by against. [1913 Webster] Against thee, thee only, have I sinned. --Ps. li. 4. [1913 Webster] All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. --Rom. iii. 23. [1913 Webster] 2. To violate human rights, law, or propriety; to commit an offense; to trespass; to transgress. [1913 Webster] I am a man More sinned against than sinning. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Who but wishes to invert the laws Of order, sins against the eternal cause. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Sinaic
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sin n 1: estrangement from god [syn: sin, sinfulness, wickedness] 2: an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will [syn: sin, sinning] 3: ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle [syn: sine, sin] 4: (Akkadian) god of the Moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna 5: the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet 6: violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin" [syn: sin, hell] v 1: commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law [syn: sin, transgress, trespass] 2: commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I blundered during the job interview" [syn: drop the ball, sin, blunder, boob, goof]