Sin Definition

sĭn

sinned, sinning, sins

noun

sins

An offense against God, religion, or good morals.

Webster's New World

Deliberate disobedience to the known will of God.

American Heritage

The condition of being guilty of continued offense against God, religion, or good morals.

Webster's New World

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

Webster's New World

An offense against any law, standard, code, etc.

A sin against good taste.

Webster's New World

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verb

sinned, sinning, sins

To violate a religious or moral law.

American Heritage

To commit a sin.

Webster's New World

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Antonyms:
obey
comply
behave

abbreviation

Sine.

Webster's New World

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.

Webster's New World

idiom

live in sin

To cohabit in a sexual relationship without being married.

American Heritage

as sin

Completely or extremely:
He is guilty as sin.

American Heritage

live in sin

to live together as spouses although not legally married; cohabit

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Sin

Noun

Singular:

sin

Plural:

sins

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Sin

Origin of Sin

From Middle English sinne, synne, sunne, zen, from Old English sinn, senn, synn (“injury, mischief, enmity, feud; sin, guilt, crime"), from Proto-Germanic *sunjō (“truth, excuse") and Proto-Germanic *sundijō, *sundiz (“sin"), from Proto-Indo-European *sent-, *sont- ("being, true", implying a verdict of "truly guilty" against an accusation or charge), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be"); compare Old English sōþ ("true, very, sooth"; see sooth).

From Wiktionary
Middle English sinne from Old English synn es- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Hebrew śîn modeled on šîn shin (the following letter)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Modification of shin.

From Wiktionary
Akkadian Sîn

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition