Sin

[sɪn]

Definition

(noun.) an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will.

(noun.) violent and excited activity; 'they began to fight like sin'.

(noun.) estrangement from god.

(noun.) the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

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

(verb.) commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law.

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Definition

(adv., prep., & conj.) Old form of Since.

(n.) 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.

(n.) An offense, in general; a violation of propriety; a misdemeanor; as, a sin against good manners.

(n.) A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.

(n.) An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.

(n.) 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.

(n.) To violate human rights, law, or propriety; to commit an offense; to trespass; to transgress.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Offence (against the divine law), iniquity, unrighteousness, wickedness, wrong, CRIME, transgression, delinquency.

v. n. Trespass, do wrong.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Transgression, iniquity, unrighteousness, ungodliness, wickedness, evil,impurity, crime, wrongdoing, ungodliness

ANT:Sinlessness, obedience, holiness, righteousness, purity, godliness, goodness

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Definition

adv. (Spens.) since.

n. wilful violation of law: neglect of duty: neglect of the laws of morality and religion any want of conformity unto or transgression of the law of God: wickedness iniquity.—v.i. to commit sin: to violate or neglect the laws of morality or religion: to do wrong:—pr.p sin′ning; pa.t. and pa.p. sinned.—adjs. Sin′-born born of sin; Sin′-bred produced by sin.—ns. Sin′-eat′er one of a class of men formerly employed in Wales to eat a piece of bread and drink a cup of ale placed on a bier and so symbolically take upon themselves the sins of the deceased—due to the notion of the Levitical scapegoat (Levit. xvi. 21 22); Sin′-eat′ing.—adj. Sin′ful full of or tainted with sin: iniquitous: wicked: depraved: criminal: unholy.—adv. Sin′fully.—n. Sin′fulness.—adj. Sin′less without sin: innocent: pure: perfect.—adv. Sin′lessly.—ns. Sin′lessness; Sin′ner one who sins: an offender or criminal: (theol.) an unregenerate person.—v.i. (Pope) to act as a sinner (with indefinite it).—n. Sin′-off′ering an offering for or sacrifice in expiation of sin.—adjs. Sin′-sick morally sick from sin; Sin′-worn worn by sin.—Like sin (slang) very much very hard; Mortal or Deadly sin such as wilfully violates the divine law and separates the soul from God—seven deadly sins pride covetousness lust anger gluttony envy and sloth; Original sin the innate depravity and corruption of the whole nature due to the sin of Adam as federal representative of the human race and transmitted by ordinary generation to all his posterity; Venial sin any transgression due to inadvertence not alienating the friendship of God.

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