sin

plural sins · alternative obsolete sinne · alternative obsolete synne

1. countableerror lua execuncountablelifestyleA violation of divine will or religious law.

   As a Christian, I think this is a sin against God.

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   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 […]

   1866, James Buchanan, Mr. Buchanan's Administration on the Eve of the Rebellion, New York: D. Appleton and Company, →OCLC, →OL, page 9

   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.

   1999 September 12, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Dead Man's Eleven”, in Midsomer Murders

   Synonyms: adharma, ithm, haram

2. countableerror lua execuncountableSinfulness, depravity, iniquity.

   Synonyms: baseness, degeneracy, turpitude, baseness, corruption, defilement, degeneracy, degradation

3. countableerror lua execuncountableA misdeed or wrong.

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   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.

   1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 249

   Synonyms: offence, misdoing, crime, delict, delinquency, error, malfeasance, misdeed

4. countableerror lua execuncountableA sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.

   For he hath made him to be ſinne for vs, who knewe no ſinne,[…]

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians 5:21, column 2

5. countableerror lua execuncountableAn embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.

   Thy Ambition / (Thou Scarlet ſinne) robb’d this bewailing Land / Of Noble Buckingham,[…]

   1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 222, column 1

6. countableerror lua execuncountableA flaw or mistake.

   No movie is without sin.

   Synonyms: deficiency, fault, defect, fault, flaw, blot, imperfection, shortcoming

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   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.

   2023 October 28, Leighton Koopman, “YES!!! The Springboks beat the All Blacks to win another Rugby World Cup title”, in Independent Online

present singular third person sins · participle present sinning · participle past sinned · past sinned

1. intransitivelifestyleTo 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.

   1999 September 12, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Dead Man's Eleven”, in Midsomer Murders

plural sins · alternative seen · alternative sīn

1. A letter of the Hebrew alphabet; שׂ
2. A letter of the Arabic alphabet; س

plural sins

1. alternativeAlternative form of sinh (“tube skirt”).

1. Assyrian and Babylonian mythologyThe god of the moon.

   Synonyms: Nanna, Nanna-Suen, Suen

1. A surname from Chinese.

1. A desert mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, situated between Elim and Mount Sinai.

   And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 16:1

1. A surname from Korean.

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of Sinaloa: a state of Mexico.

plural SINs

1. CanadaabbreviationinitialismInitialism of social insurance number, an identification number issued by the government of Canada.