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 Definitions of Sin  [ɪn]  

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Definition of 'Sin' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) sin
transgression of divine law.

2.  sin
any act regarded as such a transgression, esp. a willful violation of some religious or moral principle.

3.  sin
any reprehensible action; serious fault or offense.

4. (v.i.) sin
to commit a sinful act.

5.  sin
to offend against a principle, standard, etc.

6. (n.) sin
the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

7.  sin
sine.


Definition of 'Sin' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) sin, sinfulness, wickedness
estrangement from god

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

3. (noun) sine, sin
ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle

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

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

6. (verb) sin, hell
violent and excited activity
"they began to fight like sin"

7. (verb) sin, transgress, trespass
commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law

8. (verb) drop the ball, sin, blunder, boob, goof
commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
"I blundered during the job interview"


Definition of 'Sin' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) sin
an action considered to be morally wrong
In many religions it's a sin to have more than one wife.

2. (verb) sin
to commit a sin
Do you think you have sinned?


Definition of 'Sin' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Sin
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

2. (noun) Sin
an offense, in general; a violation of propriety; a misdemeanor; as, a sin against good manners

3. (noun) Sin
a sin offering; a sacrifice for sin

4. (noun) Sin
an embodiment of sin; a very wicked person

5. (noun) Sin
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

6. (noun) Sin
to violate human rights, law, or propriety; to commit an offense; to trespass; to transgress

7.  Sin
old form of Since


Definitions of 'Sin' The Roycroft Dictionary 

Sin
Perverted power. The man without capacity for sin has no ability to do good--isn't that so? His soul is a Dead Sea that supports neither ameba nor fish, neither noxious bacilli nor useful life.


Translation of 'Sin' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: wickedness, or a wicked act, especially one that breaks a religious law
It is a sin to envy the possessions of other people; Lying and cheating are both sins.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: sonde Arabic flag Arabic: خَطيئَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: грях
Brazilian flag Brazilian: pecado Czech flag Czech: hřích German flag German: die Sünde
Danish flag Danish: synd Greek flag Greek: αμαρτία, αμάρτημα Spanish flag Spanish: pecado
Estonian flag Estonian: patt Farsi flag Farsi: گناه Finnish flag Finnish: synti
French flag French: péché, mal Hebrew flag Hebrew: חֶטא Hindi flag Hindi: पाप, गुनाह
Croatian flag Croatian: grijeh, prekršaj Hungarian flag Hungarian: bűn Indonesian flag Indonesian: dosa
Icelandic flag Icelandic: synd Italian flag Italian: peccato Japanese flag Japanese: 
Korean flag Korean:  Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nuodėmė Latvian flag Latvian: grēks
Malay flag Malay: dosa Dutch flag Dutch: zonde Norwegian flag Norwegian: synd
Polish flag Polish: grzech Persian flag Persian: گناه Pashto flag Pashto: ګناه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: pecado Romanian flag Romanian: păcat, rău Russian flag Russian: грех
Slovak flag Slovak: hriech Slovenian flag Slovenian: greh Serbian flag Serbian: greh
Swedish flag Swedish: synd Thai flag Thai: บาป Turkish flag Turkish: günah
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 罪過 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: гріх Urdu flag Urdu: گناہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tội lỗi Chinese flag Chinese: 罪恶

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