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sin
A	noun
	1	sin, sinning
			an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚wrongdoing; wrongful conduct; misconduct; actus reus ╚transgression; evildoing ╚sin, sinning ╚venial sin ╚mortal sin; deadly sin ╚original sin ╚actual sin ╚fall
	2	sin, hell
			violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚sin, hell
	3	sin, sinfulness, wickedness
			estrangement from god
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚quality ╚immorality ╚unrighteousness ╚sin, sinfulness, wickedness ╚mark of Cain
	4	sin
			the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚signal; signaling; sign ╚symbol ╚written symbol; printed symbol ╚character; grapheme; graphic symbol ╚letter; letter of the alphabet; alphabetic character ╚sin
	5	Sin
			(Akkadian) god of the moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚belief ╚spiritual being; supernatural being ╚deity; divinity; god; immortal ╚Semitic deity ╚Sin
	6	sine, sin
			ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚mathematical relation ╚function; mathematical function ╚trigonometric function; circular function ╚sine, sin
B	verb
	1	sin, transgress, trespass
			commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚relate ╚disrespect ╚transgress; offend; infract; violate; go against; breach; break ╚sin, transgress, trespass ╚fall
	2	sin, blunder, boob, goof
			commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I blundered during the job interview"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚relate ╚disrespect ╚transgress; offend; infract; violate; go against; breach; break ╚sin, blunder, boob, goof

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