SIN

sin, sinning

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

sin, sinfulness, wickedness

(noun) estrangement from god

sin

(noun) the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet

Sin

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

sine, sin

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

sin, transgress, trespass

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

SIN

Abbreviation of Sinaloa, A state in Mexico.

Noun

SIN (plural SINs)

(Canada) Initialism of social insurance number, an identification number issued by the government of Canada.

Anagrams

• INS, Ins, Ins., NIS, NSI, Niš, in's, ins, ins., nis

Etymology

Proper noun

Sin

(Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian mythology) The god of the moon.

Synonyms

• (Sumerian equivalent): Nanna

Anagrams

• INS, Ins, Ins., NIS, NSI, Niš, in's, ins, ins., nis

Etymology 1

Noun

sin (countable and uncountable, plural sins)

(theology) A violation of God's will or religious law.

A misdeed.

A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.

An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.

A flaw.

Synonyms

• offence

Verb

sin (third-person singular simple present sins, present participle sinning, simple past and past participle sinned)

(intransitive, theology) To commit a sin.

Etymology 2

Noun

sin (plural sins)

A letter of the Hebrew alphabet;

A letter of the Arabic alphabet;

Etymology 3

Noun

sin (plural sins)

A traditional tube skirt worn by Lao and Thai women, particularly northern Thai and northeastern Thai women.

Anagrams

• INS, Ins, Ins., NIS, NSI, Niš, in's, ins, ins., nis

Source: Wiktionary


Sin, adv., prep., & conj.

Definition: Old form of Since. [Obs. or Prov.Eng. & Scot.] Sin that his lord was twenty year of age. Chaucer.

Sin, n. Etym: [OE. sinne, AS. synn, syn; akin to D. zonde, OS. sundia, OHG. sunta, G. sĂĽnde, 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. Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. John viii. 34. Sin is the transgression of the law. 1 John iii. 4. I think 't no sin. To cozen him that would unjustly win. Shak. Enthralled By sin to foul, exorbitant desires. Milton.

2. An offense, in general; a violation of propriety; a misdemeanor; as, a sin against good manners. I grant that poetry's a crying sin. Pope.

3. A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin. He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin. 2 Cor. v. 21.

4. An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person. [R.] Thy ambition, Thou scarlet sin, robbed this bewailing land Of noble Buckingham. Shak.

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. Actual sin, Canonical sins, Original sin, Venial sin. See under Actual, Canonical, etc.

– Deadly, 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.

Syn.

– Iniquity; wickedness; wrong. See Crime.

Sin, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sinned; p. pr. & vb. n. Sinning.] Etym: [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. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned. Ps. li. 4. All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. Rom. iii. 23.

2. To violate human rights, law, or propriety; to commit an offense; to trespass; to transgress. I am a man More sinned against than sinning. Shak. Who but wishes to invert the laws Of order, sins against the eternal cause. Pope.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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