sin
Plural: sins
Noun
- estrangement from god
- an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will
- ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
- (Akkadian) god of the Moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna
- the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
- violent and excited activity
- "they began to fight like sin"
- A violation of divine will or religious law.
- Sinfulness, depravity, iniquity.
- A misdeed or wrong.
- A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.
- An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.
- A flaw or mistake.
- sin bin
- A letter of the Hebrew alphabet; שׂ
- A letter of the Arabic alphabet; س
- Alternative form of sinh (“tube skirt”).
Verb
Verb Forms: sinned, sinning, sins
- To commit an offense against a moral or religious law.
- commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
- commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
- To commit a sin.
Examples
- As a Christian, I think this is a sin against God.
- No movie is without sin.
- Some players feel they sin if they don’t use all seven tiles for a bingo.
Origin / 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 Scots syn, sin (“sin”), Saterland Frisian Säände (“sin”), West Frisian sûnde (“sin”), Dutch zonde (“sin”), Low German sunn, sunne (“sin”), German Sünde (“sin”), Danish synd (“sin”), Swedish synd (“sin”), Icelandic synð, synd (“sin”), Latin sont-, sons (“sinful, guilty, criminal”). Doublet of suttee.
Synonyms
blunder, boob, drop the ball, goof, hell, sine, sinfulness, sinning, transgress, trespass, wickedness, adharma, ithm, offence
Scrabble Score: 3
sin: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsin: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sin: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary