Definitions for sin
sɪnsin

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. sin, sinfulness, wickednessnoun

   estrangement from god

2. sin, sinningnoun

   an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will

3. sine, sinnoun

   ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle

4. Sinnoun

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

5. sinnoun

   the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet

6. sin, hellverb

   violent and excited activity

   "they began to fight like sin"

7. sin, transgress, trespassverb

   commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law

8. drop the ball, sin, blunder, boob, goofverb

   commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake

   "I blundered during the job interview"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. sinnoun

   A violation of a moral or religious law; an error.

2. sinnoun

   A misdeed.

3. sinverb

   To commit a sin.

4. sinnoun

   A letter of the Hebrew alphabet;

5. sinnoun

   A letter of the Arabic alphabet;

6. Sinnoun

   The god of the moon in Sumerian mythology.

7. Etymology: From sīnaz, from seinos, genitive of. Cognate with sin, sin (sin), zijn, sin (sein), sínn, se. More at the.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sinnoun

   Etymology: syn , Saxon.

   1. An act against the laws of God; a violation of the laws of religion.

   How hast thou the heart,
   Being a divine, a ghostly confessor,
   A sin absolver, and my friend profest,
   To mangle me with that word banishment. William Shakespeare.

   But those that sleep, and think not on their sins,
   Pinch them. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.

   Thou knowest, Lord, that I am pure from all sin with man. Tob. iii. 14.

   2. Habitual negligence of religion.

   Sin, death, and hell, have set their marks upon him,
   And all their ministers attend on him. William Shakespeare.

   Dishonest shame
   Of nature’s works: honour dishonourable!
   Sin-bred! how have ye troubled all mankind? John Milton.

   Is there no means, but that a sin-sick land
   Should be let blood with such a boist’rous hand? Daniel.

   Vice or virtue chiefly imply the relation of our actions to men in this world: sin and holiness rather imply their relation to God and the other world. Isaac Watts, Logick.

   Light from her thought, as summer’s careless robe,
   Fell each affection of this sin-worn globe. Henry Brooke.

   3. It is used by William Shakespeare emphatically for a man enormously wicked.

   Thy ambition,
   Thou scarlet sin, robb’d this bewailing land
   Of noble Buckingham'. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

2. To Sinverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To neglect the laws of religion; to violate the laws of religion.

   Stand in awe and sin not. Psalms iv. 4.

   Many also have perish’d, err’d, and sinn ’d for women. Esdr.

   He shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. 1 John v. 16.

   2. To offend against right.

   I am a man,
   More sinn’d against than sinning. William Shakespeare.

   And who but wishes to invert the laws
   Of order, sins against th’ eternal cause. Alexander Pope, Essay on Man.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sin

   In a religious context, sin is a transgression against divine law or a law of God. Each culture has its own interpretation of what it means to commit a sin. While sins are generally considered actions, any thought, word, or act considered immoral, selfish, shameful, harmful, or alienating might be termed "sinful".

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sin

   The sine (sin) is a trigonometric function of an angle. In a right triangle, it is the ratio of the length of the side opposite the angle to the length of the hypotenuse. It is also defined for complex numbers, where it represents a periodic oscillation. Additionally, sine can be graphically represented as a wave-like function in the Cartesian coordinate system. It's used in various fields such as mathematics, physics, engineering, and computer science.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sin

   old form of Since

2. Sinnoun

   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

3. Sinnoun

   an offense, in general; a violation of propriety; a misdemeanor; as, a sin against good manners

4. Sinnoun

   a sin offering; a sacrifice for sin

5. Sinnoun

   an embodiment of sin; a very wicked person

6. Sinnoun

   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

7. Sinnoun

   to violate human rights, law, or propriety; to commit an offense; to trespass; to transgress

8. Etymology: [OE. sinnen, singen, sinegen, AS. syngian. See Sin, n.]

WikidataRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Sin

   In Abrahamic contexts, sin is the act of violating God's will. Sin can also be viewed as anything that violates the ideal relationship between an individual and God. Sin has been defined as "to miss the mark" Some crimes are regarded as sins and some sins are regarded as greater than others. In this nuanced concept of sin, sins fall in a spectrum from minor errors to deadly misdeeds. Catholicism regards the least corrupt sins as venial sins—which are part of human living and carry immediate consequences on earth, and, if unrepented for, more painful purgation, assuming the person is destined to heaven, as it is written in the formation letter "Purgatory", "most of the early Fathers of the Church speak of a cleansing fire, though we cannot tell whether this means actual or spiritual fire." Conversely, sins of great evil are mortal sins—which bring the consequence of eternal maximal separation from God, the state more so than place, called hell. Sins of careless living are considered destructive and lead to greater sins according to the Seven Deadly Sins. Another concept of sin deals with things that exist on Earth but not in Heaven. Food, for example, while a necessary good for the body, is not of transcendental living and therefore its excessive savoring is considered a sin.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sin

   sin, adv. (Spens.) since. [Since.]

2. Sin

   sin, 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. [A.S. syn, sinn; Ice. syn-d, Ger. sünde, L. sons.]

The Roycroft DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

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1. sin

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SIN

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sin is ranked #8797 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Sin surname appeared 3,725 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Sin.
   
   89.5% or 3,337 total occurrences were Asian.
   4.3% or 160 total occurrences were White.
   3.3% or 126 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.8% or 70 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Semitic Deity
   • Evildoing
   • Letter
   • Transgress
   • Trigonometric Function
   • Unrighteousness

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sin' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3562

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sin' in Nouns Frequency: #1967

Anagrams for sin »

1. INS

2. ins

3. ins.

4. NIS

5. nis

How to pronounce sin?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say sin in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sin in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of sin in a Sentence

1. Evangelist Franklin Graham on Wednesday:

   I feel that we going to have to meet our political obligations as Christians and make our voice known if America is to be preserved with the type of Christian heritage which has given us the liberties we now enjoy, for unless America turns back to God, repents of its sin, and experiences a spiritual revival, we will fail as a nation.

2. Burmese Proverb:

   He who is full of faith and modesty, who shrinks from sin, and is full of learning, who is diligent, unremiss, and full of understanding?he, being replete with these seven things, is esteemed a wise man.

3. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes in The Copper Beeches:

   It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.

4. Pope Francis:

   The Church is the home that accepts everyone and refuses no one ... the greater the sin, the greater the love that the Church should show towards those who convert.

5. Hyman Rickover:

   If you're going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sin
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sin
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=sin
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sin
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=sin
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=sin
9. ^ The Roycroft Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36566/36566-h/36566-h.htm#:~:text=sin
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html