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The definition of a sin is an offense against moral rules or law, especially against God.

(noun)

An example of a sin is murder.

To sin is defined as to go against a rule or law, especially one of God's.

(verb)

An example of to sin is to steal.

See sin in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the twenty-first letter of the Hebrew alphabet (שׂ)

Origin: Heb

noun

1. an offense against God, religion, or good morals
2. the condition of being guilty of continued offense against God, religion, or good morals
an offense against any law, standard, code, etc.: a sin against good taste

Origin: ME (East Midland) sinne < OE synne (for *sunjo), akin to Ger sünde, prob. < early Gmc borrowing < L sous (gen. sontis), guilty, technical legal term, orig. part. form of esse, to be (see is), in sense (he) being (the one)

intransitive verb sinned, sinning

to commit a sin

Trigonometry sine

Social Insurance Number: in Canada, an individual number containing nine digits and used by the government to identify a person for the paying of taxes and the receipt of pensions and other government benefits

See sin in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A transgression of a religious or moral law, especially when deliberate.
Theology
a. Deliberate disobedience to the known will of God.
b. A condition of estrangement from God resulting from such disobedience.
Something regarded as being shameful, deplorable, or utterly wrong.

intransitive verb sinned sinned, sin·ning, sins