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Sin, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sinned p. pr. & vb. n. Sinning.]
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.
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sin
n 1: estrangement from god [syn: sinfulness, wickedness]
2: an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of
God's will [syn: sinning]
3: ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse of a
right-angled triangle [syn: sine]
4: (Akkadian) god of the moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna
5: the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
6: violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin"
[syn: hell]
v 1: commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law [syn: transgress,
trespass]
2: commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I
blundered during the job interview" [syn: blunder, boob,
goof]
[also: sinning, sinned]