sin

Noun (1)

sin (countable and uncountable, plural sins)

1. (error-lua-exec) A violation of divine will or religious law.
   • As a Christian, I think this is a sin against God.
   • Slavery, according to them, was a grievous sin against God, and therefore no human Constitution could rightfully shield it from destruction. It was sinful to live in a political confederacy which tolerated slavery in any of the States composing it […]1866, James Buchanan, Mr. Buchanan's Administration on the Eve of the Rebellion, New York: D. Appleton and Company, →OCLC, →OL, page 9

   Synonyms:

   adharma, ithm, haram

2. (error-lua-exec) Sinfulness, depravity, iniquity.

   Synonyms:

   baseness, degeneracy, turpitude, corruption, defilement, degradation, depravation, depravedness, depravity, impurity

3. (error-lua-exec) A misdeed or wrong.
   • The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen.[…]The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man's private calendar, took most of them by surprise although...1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 249

   Synonyms:

   offence, misdoing, crime, delict, delinquency, error, malfeasance, misdeed, misdemeanor, offense

4. (error-lua-exec) A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.
   • For he hath made him to be ſinne for vs, who knewe no ſinne,[…]1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians 5:21, column 2
5. (error-lua-exec) An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.
   • Thy Ambition / (Thou Scarlet ſinne) robb’d this bewailing Land / Of Noble Buckingham,[…]1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio)...
6. (error-lua-exec) A flaw or mistake.
   • No movie is without sin.

   Synonyms:

   deficiency, fault, defect, flaw, blot, imperfection, shortcoming, drawback, inadequacy, peccadillo

7. (error-lua-exec) sin bin
   • Winger Cheslin Kolbe, sitting with his jersey over his head in the sin after a yellow card at the death, was probably the sight of millions of South Africans around the country who had their hearts in their mouth as they sat through another nail-biting match.2023 October 28, Leighton Koopman, “YES!!! The Springboks beat the All Blacks to win another Rugby World Cup title”, in Independent Online

Verb

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

1. (error-lua-exec, intransitive) To commit a sin.
   • Christine Cooper: It's not wrong to sin. Christ came into this world for the sinners.
     DCI Tom Barnaby: To call people to repentance, Mrs Cooper.1999 September 12, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Dead Man's Eleven”, in Midsomer Murders

Noun (2)

IPA/sɪn/

sin (plural sins)

1. A letter of the Hebrew alphabet; שׂ
2. A letter of the Arabic alphabet; س

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Sin

Sin

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

   Synonyms:

   Nanna, Nanna-Suen, Suen

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Sin

Sin

1. A surname from Chinese.

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Sin

Sin

1. A desert mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, situated between Elim and Mount Sinai.
   • And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 16:1

Proper noun (4) capitalized: Sin

Sin

1. A surname from Korean.

Proper noun (5) capitalized: SIN

SIN

1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Sinaloa: a state of Mexico.

Noun (3) capitalized: SIN

SIN (plural SINs)

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