sin
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sin1 /sɪn/
▶noun
- 1 an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law.
- 2 an act regarded as a serious offence.
■ (sin against) cause offence or harm to.
– phrases
for one's sins humorous, chiefly Brit. as a punishment.
live in sin informal, dated (of an unmarried couple) live together.
for one's sins humorous, chiefly Brit. as a punishment.
live in sin informal, dated (of an unmarried couple) live together.
– derivatives
sinful adjective,
sinfully adverb,
sinfulness noun,
sinless adjective,
sinlessly adverb,
sinlessness noun.
sinful adjective,
sinfully adverb,
sinfulness noun,
sinless adjective,
sinlessly adverb,
sinlessness noun.
– origin OE synn (n.), syngian (v.); prob. rel. to L. sons, sont- ‘guilty’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sin2 /sʌɪn/
▶abbreviation sine.
'sin' also found in these Oxford entries:
absolve
- attrition
- cardinal sin
- crime
- deadly sin
- enormity
- fall
- felix culpa
- hoisin sauce
- Holy Year
- immaculate
- Immaculate Conception
- impeccable
- jihad
- jubilee
- labile
- mortal
- original sin
- peccable
- peccadillo
- peccant
- Pelagian
- redeem
- remit
- salvation
- sanctify
- satisfaction
- sin bin
- since
- sinew
- sinh
- Sinitic
- sodomy
- state
- trespass
- unconfessed
- venial
- wage
- widdershins
- world
