sin

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: sinfulnesswickednesssinningsineSinhelltransgresstrespassdrop the ballblunderboobgoof

WordNet 3.0

Noun (6)

  1. estrangement from godSynonyms: sinfulnesswickedness
  2. an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's willSynonyms: sinning
  3. ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangleSynonyms: sine
  4. (Akkadian) god of the Moon; counterpart of Sumerian NannaSynonyms: Sin
  5. the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
  6. violent and excited activity“they began to fight like sin”Synonyms: hell

Verb (2)

  1. commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral lawSynonyms: transgresstrespass
  2. commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake“I blundered during the job interview”Synonyms: drop the ballblunderboobgoof
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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]

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
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