sins

Noun

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.

   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

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