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sin.

A violation of divine will or religious law.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsɪn/[ˈsɪn]

  1. A violation of divine will or religious law.

    countable · error-lua-exec · uncountable
    As a Christian, I think this is a sin against God.

  2. Sinfulness, depravity, iniquity.

    countable · error-lua-exec · uncountable

  3. A misdeed or wrong.

    countable · error-lua-exec · uncountable

  4. A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.

    countable · error-lua-exec · uncountable

  5. An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.

    countable · error-lua-exec · uncountable

  6. A flaw or mistake.

    countable · error-lua-exec · uncountable
    No movie is without sin.

  7. sin bin

    countable · error-lua-exec · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English sinne, synne, sunne, zen, from Old English synn (“sin”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnju, from Proto-Germanic *sunjō (“truth, excuse”) and *sundī, *sundijō (“sin”), from , from *h₁sónts ("being, true", implying a verdict of "truly guilty" against an accusation or charge), from *h₁es- (“to be”); compare Old English sōþ ("true"; see sooth). Doublet of suttee. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sände, Säände (“sin”), West Frisian sûnde (“sin”), German Sünde (“sin”), Luxembourgish Sënd, Sënn (“sin”), Vilamovian zynd (“sin”) Yiddish זינד (zind, “sin”), Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish synd (“sin”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰 (sunja, “truth”), Latin sont-, sons (“sinful, guilty, criminal”).

verb/ˈsɪn/[ˈsɪn]

  1. To commit a sin.

    error-lua-exec · intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English sinne, synne, sunne, zen, from Old English synn (“sin”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnju, from Proto-Germanic *sunjō (“truth, excuse”) and *sundī, *sundijō (“sin”), from , from *h₁sónts ("being, true", implying a verdict of "truly guilty" against an accusation or charge), from *h₁es- (“to be”); compare Old English sōþ ("true"; see sooth). Doublet of suttee. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sände, Säände (“sin”), West Frisian sûnde (“sin”), German Sünde (“sin”), Luxembourgish Sënd, Sënn (“sin”), Vilamovian zynd (“sin”) Yiddish זינד (zind, “sin”), Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish synd (“sin”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰 (sunja, “truth”), Latin sont-, sons (“sinful, guilty, criminal”).

noun/sɪn//siːn/

  1. A letter of the Hebrew alphabet; שׂ

  2. A letter of the Arabic alphabet; س

Where this word comes from

Modification of shin.

noun

  1. Alternative form of sinh (“tube skirt”).

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