sin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭn
ipa: /sɪn/
rhymes: -ɪn
Forms: form: sins
form: sinne
form: synne
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”). Doublet of suttee.
Senses: examples: text: As a Christian, I think this is a sin against God.
text: 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;[…]
ref: 1866, James Buchanan, Mr. Buchanan's Administration on the Eve of the Rebellion, New York: D. Appleton and Company, →OCLC, →OL, page 9:
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: A violation of divine will or religious law.
glosses: Sinfulness, depravity, iniquity.
examples: text: 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 they had been well prepared.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 249:
glosses: A misdeed or wrong.
examples: text: For he hath made him to be ſinne for vs, who knewe no ſinne,[…]
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians 5:21, column 2:
glosses: A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.
examples: text: Thy Ambition / (Thou Scarlet ſinne) robb’d this bewailing Land / Of Noble Buckingham,[…]
ref: 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), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 222, column 1:
glosses: An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.
examples: text: No movie is without sin.
glosses: A flaw or mistake.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2023 October 28, Leighton Koopman, “YES!!! The Springboks beat the All Blacks to win another Rugby World Cup title”, in Independent Online:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: sin bin
Synonyms: word: offence
english: in Hinduism
translation: in Hinduism
word: adharma
english: in Islam
translation: in Islam
word: ithm
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: actual sin
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: as sin
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: birth sin
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: cardinal sin
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: deadly sin
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: eternal sin
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: guilty as sin
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: hate the sin but love the sinner
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: let he who is without sin cast the first stone
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: let him that is without sin cast the first stone
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: let him who is without sin cast the first stone
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: like sin
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: live in sin
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: love the sinner but hate the sin
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: man of sin
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: mortal sin
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: original antigenic sin
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: original as sin
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: original sin
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: philosophical sin
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: sin bin
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: sin-binning
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: sin-eater
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: sin eater
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: sin eating
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: sin-free
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: sinful
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: sinfully
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: sinless
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: sinlessness
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: sinlike
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: sin money
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: sinning
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: sinny
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: sin offering
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: sin-ridden
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: sin tax
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: theological sin
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: ugly as sin
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: unpardonable sin
sense: Terms derived from sin (noun)
word: venial sin