sin
- sin
- [[t]sɪ̱n[/t]]
sins, sinning, sinned
1) N-VAR Sin or a sin is an action or type of behaviour which is believed to break the laws of God.
The Vatican's teaching on abortion is clear: it is a sin...
Was it the sin of pride to have believed too much in themselves?
2) VERB If you sin, you do something that is believed to break the laws of God.
[V against n] The Spanish Inquisition charged him with sinning against God and man...
You have sinned and unless you repent your ways you will surely roast in hell.
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sinner [[t]sɪ̱nə(r)[/t]] plural N-COUNT I was shown that I am a sinner, that I needed to repent of my sins.
3) N-COUNT A sin is any action or behaviour that people disapprove of or consider morally wrong.
...the sin of arrogant hard-heartedness...
The ultimate sin was not infidelity, but public mention which led to scandal.
4) PHRASE: V inflects If you say that a man and a woman are living in sin, you mean that they are living together as a couple although they are not married. [OLD-FASHIONED]
She was living in sin with her boyfriend.
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