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Sin
Definitions
- 1 The god of the moon.
- 2 A surname from Chinese.
- 3 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."
- 4 Abbreviation of Sinaloa: a state of Mexico. abbreviation, alt-of
- 1 A violation of divine will or religious law. countable, error-lua-exec, uncountable
"As a Christian, I think this is a sin against God."
- 2 A letter of the Hebrew alphabet; שׂ
- 3 Alternative form of sinh (“tube skirt”). alt-of, alternative
- 4 Initialism of social insurance number, an identification number issued by the government of Canada. Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 5 an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will wordnet
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- 6 Sinfulness, depravity, iniquity. countable, error-lua-exec, uncountable
- 7 A letter of the Arabic alphabet; س
- 8 estrangement from god wordnet
- 9 A misdeed or wrong. countable, error-lua-exec, uncountable
"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."
- 10 the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet wordnet
- 11 A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin. countable, error-lua-exec, uncountable
"For he hath made him to be ſinne for vs, who knewe no ſinne,[…]"
- 12 ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle wordnet
- 13 An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person. countable, error-lua-exec, uncountable
"Thy Ambition / (Thou Scarlet ſinne) robb’d this bewailing Land / Of Noble Buckingham,[…]"
- 14 A flaw or mistake. countable, error-lua-exec, uncountable
"No movie is without sin."
- 15 sin bin countable, error-lua-exec, uncountable
"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."
- 1 To commit a sin. error-lua-exec, intransitive
- 2 commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law wordnet
- 3 commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake wordnet
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”).
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”).
Modification of shin.
Transliteration of Akkadian 𒀭𒂗𒍪 (Sîn).
From Cantonese 單 /单 (sin6) or 冼 (sin2).
From Hebrew סִין.
See also for "sin"
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