English Explanatory Dictionary

sin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A violation of divine will or religious law.
  2. Sinfulness, depravity, iniquity.
  3. A misdeed or wrong.
  4. A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.
  5. An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.
  6. A flaw or mistake.
  7. sin bin
verb
  1. To commit a sin.
noun
  1. A letter of the Hebrew alphabet; שׂ
  2. A letter of the Arabic alphabet; س
noun
  1. Alternative form of sinh (“tube skirt”).
name
  1. The god of the moon.
name
  1. A surname from Chinese.
name
  1. A desert mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, situated between Elim and Mount Sinai.
name
  1. Abbreviation of Sinaloa: a state of Mexico.
noun
  1. Initialism of social insurance number, an identification number issued by the government of Canada.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪn/ [ˈsɪn] en-us-sin.ogg /sɪn/ /siːn/

Word forms

sin sins sinne synne sinning sinned seen sīn

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

adharma ithm haram baseness degeneracy turpitude corruption defilement degradation depravation depravedness depravity impurity iniquity lewdity malignity misdoing misguilt obliquity peccability perversion pollution pravity sin sinfulness vitiation wickedness wrongdoing offence crime delict delinquency error malfeasance misdeed misdemeanor offense peccadillo tort tortfeasance transgression veniality wrong deficiency fault defect flaw imperfection shortcoming drawback inadequacy Nanna Nanna-Suen Suen

Derived words

actual sin archsin as sin birth sin cardinal sin deadly sin eternal sin guilty as sin hate the sin but love the sinner let he who is without sin cast the first stone let him that is without sin cast the first stone let him who is without sin cast the first stone like sin live in sin love the sinner but hate the sin man of sin mortal sin original antigenic sin original as sin original sin philosophical sin sin bin sin-binning sin-eater sin eater sin eating sin-free sinful sinfully sinhound sinless sinlessness sinlike sin money sinning sinny sin offering sin-ridden sinsational sin tax sinward theological sin ugly as sin unpardonable sin venial sin as much sinning as sinned against outsin sinner sinningly sinningness unsin
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