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sin en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /ˈsɪn/
• [ˈsɪn]

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”).

Meanings

1. (countable, error-lua-exec, uncountable) A violation of divine will or religious law.
   • Slavery, according to them, was a grievous sin against God, and therefore no human Constitution could rightfully shield it from destruction. It was sinful to live in a political confederacy which tolerated slavery in any of the States composing it […] 1866, James Buchanan, Mr. Buchanan's Administration on the Eve of the Rebellion, New York: D. Appleton and Company, →OCLC, →OL, page 9:
   • As a Christian, I think this is a sin against God.
   • DCI Tom Barnaby: If it wasn't stealing, what was it? Christine Cooper: It was a sin, Mr Barnaby. It's not wrong to sin. Christ came into this world for the sinners. Barnaby: To call people to repentance, Mrs Cooper. 1999 September 12, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Dead Man's Eleven”, in Midsomer Murders:
2. (countable, error-lua-exec, uncountable) Sinfulness, depravity, iniquity.
3. (countable, error-lua-exec, uncountable) A misdeed or wrong.
   • 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. 1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 249:
4. (countable, error-lua-exec, uncountable) A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.
   • For he hath made him to be ſinne for vs, who knewe no ſinne,[…] 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians 5:21, column 2:
5. (countable, error-lua-exec, uncountable) An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.
   • Thy Ambition / (Thou Scarlet ſinne) robb’d this bewailing Land / Of Noble Buckingham,[…] 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 222, column 1:
6. (countable, error-lua-exec, uncountable) A flaw or mistake.
   • No movie is without sin.
7. (countable, error-lua-exec, uncountable) sin bin
   • 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. 2023 October 28, Leighton Koopman, “YES!!! The Springboks beat the All Blacks to win another Rugby World Cup title”, in Independent Online:

Forms

Deriveds

sinward (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · as sin (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · ugly as sin (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · sin bin (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · sinlike (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · theological sin (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · let he who is without sin cast the first stone (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · sin-free (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · sin eater (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · sinny (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · birth sin (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · man of sin (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · sin tax (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · sin eating (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · like sin (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · sinning (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · let him that is without sin cast the first stone (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · sinless (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · sinhound (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · sinlessness (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · mortal sin (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · original as sin (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · archsin (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · love the sinner but hate the sin (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · cardinal sin (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · hate the sin but love the sinner (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · sin money (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · let him who is without sin cast the first stone (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · original antigenic sin (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · deadly sin (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · sinfully (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · original sin (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · sinful (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · unpardonable sin (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · actual sin (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · live in sin (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · eternal sin (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · venial sin (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · sin-ridden (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · sin-eater (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · guilty as sin (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · sin-binning (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · philosophical sin (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · sin offering (Terms derived from sin (noun)) · sinsational (Terms derived from sin (noun))

Synonyms

baseness · peccadillo · offence · blot · perversion · depravation · turpitude · inadequacy · imperfection · degradation · sin · peccability · misguilt · malignity · sinfulness · crime · misdeed · degeneracy · adharma · pravity · misdemeanor · misdoing · pollution · wrongdoing · wrongdoing · wickedness · ithm · error · misdoing · shortcoming · tort · offense · defilement · wrong · delict · deficiency · baseness · sin · peccadillo · tortfeasance · sin · deficiency · turpitude · misdoing · villainy · fault · obliquity · transgression · malfeasance · degeneracy · fault · depravity · delinquency · impurity · iniquity · lewdity · drawback · corruption · depravedness · veniality · flaw · vitiation · haram · defect

Translations (280)

az günah (violation of religious law) · se suddu (violation of religious law) · fi synti (violation of religious law) · atv килинджек (violation of religious law) · sh гре̑х (violation of religious law) · sv synd (violation of religious law) · ar إِثْم (violation of religious law) · ota ذنب (violation of religious law) · nl zonde (misdeed) · af sonde (violation of religious law) · ruo pecåt (violation of religious law) · gu પાપ (violation of religious law) · pa ਪਾਪ (violation of religious law) · grc ἁμαρτία (violation of religious law) · kmr guneh (violation of religious law) · de Sünde (misdeed) · nl zonde (violation of religious law) · crh günâh (violation of religious law) · cdo 罪 (violation of religious law) · kw pegh (violation of religious law) · rup amãrtii (violation of religious law) · is misgjörð (misdeed) · acw مَعْصِية (violation of religious law) · eo peko (violation of religious law) · fr péché (misdeed) · vi tội (violation of religious law) · sh грије̑х (misdeed) · dsb grěch (violation of religious law) · hu bűn (misdeed) · tg гуноҳ (violation of religious law) · orv грѣхъ (violation of religious law) · lld picià (violation of religious law) · ar ذَنْب (violation of religious law) · xal килнц (violation of religious law) · tr kabahat (misdeed) · tk günää (violation of religious law) · pdt Sind (violation of religious law) · ckb گوناه (violation of religious law) · ja 罪 (misdeed) · cy pechod (violation of religious law) · crh güna (violation of religious law) · nap peccato (violation of religious law) · sa आगस् (violation of religious law) · alt јазык (violation of religious law) · ru просту́пок (misdeed) · br pehed (violation of religious law) · is synd (violation of religious law) · sa एनस् (misdeed) · ast pecáu (violation of religious law) · fr péché (violation of religious law) · km ទោស (violation of religious law) · id dosa (violation of religious law) · bn পাপ (violation of religious law) · bua нүгэл (violation of religious law) · te పాపము (violation of religious law) · yue 罪 (violation of religious law) · fo synd (violation of religious law) · fa-ira بِزِه (misdeed) · luy obusuku (violation of religious law) · ps ګناه ګاري (violation of religious law) · arz ذنب (violation of religious law) · ce къа (violation of religious law) · hi अधर्म (violation of religious law) · ht peche (misdeed) · ru прегреше́ние (misdeed) · nah tlahtlacolli (misdeed) · it vizio (misdeed) · scn piccatu (violation of religious law) · mrw sala' (violation of religious law) · prs گُنَاه (violation of religious law) · sh grȇh (misdeed) · sv missdåd (misdeed) · cmn 孽 (violation of religious law) · nv bąąhági átʼéii (violation of religious law) · ko 죄 (violation of religious law) · sc pecau (violation of religious law) · hi गुनाह (violation of religious law) · ktu disumu (violation of religious law) · nan-hbl 罪 (violation of religious law) · ang synn (misdeed) · la scelus (violation of religious law) · mer iiya (violation of religious law) · as পাপ (violation of religious law) · grc ἁμάρτημα (violation of religious law) · sah аньыы (violation of religious law) · sh grȇh (violation of religious law) · my မှားယွင်းခြင်း (violation of religious law) · ps ګناه (violation of religious law) · mbb sala' (violation of religious law) · got 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 (violation of religious law) · pdt Äwaträdunk (violation of religious law) · de Sünde (violation of religious law) · ur اَپْرادھ (violation of religious law) · it peccato (misdeed) · is yfirsjón (misdeed) · csb grzéch (violation of religious law) · sc pecadu (violation of religious law) · cs hřích (violation of religious law) · ln sumuki (violation of religious law) · ang synn (violation of religious law) · ml പാപം (misdeed) · sk hriech (misdeed) · cmn 罪 (violation of religious law) · fa-ira گُناه (violation of religious law) · da synd (violation of religious law) · ht peche (violation of religious law) · luy ethambi (violation of religious law) · hu bűn (violation of religious law) · haw hewa (misdeed) · lb Sënn (violation of religious law) · mn нүгэл (violation of religious law) · la peccatum (violation of religious law) · mk грев (violation of religious law) · vi tội lỗi (violation of religious law) · kk обал (violation of religious law) · fi synti (misdeed) · ar خَطِيئَة (violation of religious law) · hy մեղք (violation of religious law) · is synd (misdeed) · el αμαρτία (violation of religious law) · be грэх (violation of religious law) · km បាប (violation of religious law) · sl greh (violation of religious law) · af sonde (misdeed) · te పాపం (misdeed) · nrf péché (misdeed) · haw lawehala (violation of religious law) · uk гріх (violation of religious law) · ga peaca (violation of religious law) · ar خِطْء (violation of religious law) · sv synd (misdeed) · vo midun (misdeed) · fy sûnde (violation of religious law) · ta பழி (violation of religious law) · nb synd (violation of religious law) · hy մեղք (misdeed) · ms dosa (violation of religious law) · zza guna (violation of religious law) · el παράπτωμα (misdeed) · enm synne (misdeed) · hu vétek (violation of religious law) · oc pecat (violation of religious law) · sq mëkat (violation of religious law) · ur خَطا (violation of religious law) · ru грех (violation of religious law) · kk күнә (violation of religious law) · cs hřích (misdeed) · mrw dosa (violation of religious law) · tt гөнаһ (violation of religious law) · rsk грих (violation of religious law) · txb tranko (violation of religious law) · ta பழி (misdeed) · lis ꓚꓱꓸ (violation of religious law) · ca pecat (violation of religious law) · bg прегреше́ние (misdeed) · mk грев (misdeed) · ca pecat (misdeed) · yi זינד (violation of religious law) · ar مَعْصِيَة (violation of religious law) · enm synne (violation of religious law) · gl pecado (violation of religious law) · rm putgà (violation of religious law) · szl grzych (violation of religious law) · jv dosa (violation of religious law) · fa-ira خَطا (misdeed) · srn pikadu (violation of religious law) · om cubbuu (violation of religious law) · ur پاپ (violation of religious law) · wuu 罪 (violation of religious law) · io peko (violation of religious law) · akl saea' (violation of religious law) · nv bąąhági átʼéii (misdeed) · zza heyf (violation of religious law) · mt dnub (violation of religious law) · hrx Sind (violation of religious law) · lis ꓝꓴꓲꓸ (violation of religious law) · ab агәнаҳа (violation of religious law) · ne पाप (violation of religious law) · cu грѣхъ (violation of religious law) · hsb hrěch (violation of religious law) · ur اَپْرادھ (misdeed) · bn পাতক (violation of religious law) · rue грѣх (violation of religious law) · ia peccato (violation of religious law) · tyv бачыт (violation of religious law) · da synder (misdeed) · kl ajortuliaq (violation of religious law) · km អំពើបាប (violation of religious law) · hi पाप (violation of religious law) · hi दुष्कर्म (violation of religious law) · or ପାପ (violation of religious law) · ro păcat (violation of religious law) · fur pečhât (violation of religious law) · sw dhambi (misdeed) · aa caráamu (violation of religious law) · lb Sënd (violation of religious law) · sh grijȇh (violation of religious law) · gd coire (misdeed) · fur pecjât (violation of religious law) · ml പാപം (violation of religious law) · sk hriech (violation of religious law) · et patt (violation of religious law) · gd peacadh (misdeed) · ta பாவம் (violation of religious law) · mr पाप (violation of religious law) · eu bekatu (violation of religious law) · rue грїх (violation of religious law) · kw pehas (violation of religious law) · tr vebal (violation of religious law) · sa पाप (violation of religious law) · ka ცოდვა (violation of religious law) · mba sala (violation of religious law) · ja 罪 (violation of religious law) · dng гўнахар (violation of religious law) · pl występek (violation of religious law) · ang sċyld (violation of religious law) · sh grijȇh (misdeed) · cu ⰳⱃⱑⱈⱏ (violation of religious law) · ba гонаһ (violation of religious law) · lis ꓝꓱꓸ (violation of religious law) · pl grzech (misdeed) · kn ಪಾಪ (violation of religious law) · dlm pecat (violation of religious law) · haw lawehala (misdeed) · lv grēks (violation of religious law) · pt transgressão (misdeed) · uz gunoh (violation of religious law) · fa-ira گُناه (misdeed) · ceb sala (violation of religious law) · el αμάρτημα (violation of religious law) · my အပြစ် (violation of religious law) · pt pecado (violation of religious law) · sh грије̑х (violation of religious law) · he חֵטְא (violation of religious law) · mg fahotana (violation of religious law) · lo ບາບ (violation of religious law) · tl kasalanan (violation of religious law) · hi अपराध (misdeed) · hak 罪 (violation of religious law) · lt nuodėmė (violation of religious law) · bg грях (violation of religious law) · sh гре̑х (misdeed) · cjs қыйал (violation of religious law) · pl grzech (violation of religious law) · si පාපය (violation of religious law) · vo sinod (violation of religious law) · lmo peccaa (violation of religious law) · nn synd (violation of religious law) · rup picat (violation of religious law) · pl przewina (violation of religious law) · lmy jala (violation of religious law) · dlm blasmuat (violation of religious law) · it peccato (violation of religious law) · ota صوچ (violation of religious law) · dng зуй (violation of religious law) · gv peccah (violation of religious law) · gd peacadh (violation of religious law) · es pecado (violation of religious law) · is misgerð (misdeed) · ky күнөө (violation of religious law) · tk günä (violation of religious law) · sw dhambi (violation of religious law) · chr ᎠᏍᎦᏂ (violation of religious law) · acw ذَنْب (violation of religious law) · th บาป (violation of religious law) · ab агәнаҳа (misdeed) · ru грех (misdeed) · ug گۇناھ (violation of religious law) · tr günah (violation of religious law) · hu vétség (misdeed) · rm puccau (violation of religious law) · ur گُناہ (violation of religious law) · ota گناه (violation of religious law) · am ኀጢአት (violation of religious law) · nrf péché (violation of religious law) · rm puchà (violation of religious law) · mnp 罪 (violation of religious law) · ha zùnubī̀ (violation of religious law) · sa एनस् (violation of religious law) · tr suç (misdeed)

wikidata: Q60227

sin en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈsɪn/
• [ˈsɪn]

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”).

Meanings

1. (error-lua-exec, intransitive) To commit a sin.
   • Christine Cooper: It's not wrong to sin. Christ came into this world for the sinners. DCI Tom Barnaby: To call people to repentance, Mrs Cooper. 1999 September 12, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Dead Man's Eleven”, in Midsomer Murders:

Forms

Deriveds

sinner · sinningness · outsin · sinningly · unsin · as much sinning as sinned against

Translations (88)

nl zondigen (to commit a sin) · lv grēkot (to commit a sin) · ceb paghimo ug salä (to commit a sin) · gd peacaich (to commit a sin) · be грашы́ць (to commit a sin) · lt nusidėti (to commit a sin) · lmo peccà (to commit a sin) · mk греши (to commit a sin) · cmn 作孽 (to commit a sin) · ca pecar (to commit a sin) · sc pecai (to commit a sin) · scn piccari (to commit a sin) · fo synda (to commit a sin) · lmo pecà (to commit a sin) · ko 죄를 짓다 (to commit a sin) · lb sëndegen (to commit a sin) · rup amãrtipsescu (to commit a sin) · sh grijéšiti (to commit a sin) · de sündigen (to commit a sin) · tl gumawa ng kasamaan (to commit a sin) · gl pecar (to commit a sin) · fur pečhâ (to commit a sin) · cmn 造孽 (to commit a sin) · cs zhřešit (to commit a sin) · enm synnen (to commit a sin) · got 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to commit a sin) · he חטא (to commit a sin) · ga peacaigh (to commit a sin) · ar أَذْنَبَ (to commit a sin) · ast pecar (to commit a sin) · ang sċyldigian (to commit a sin) · sl grešíti (to commit a sin) · cs hřešit (to commit a sin) · ia peccar (to commit a sin) · sc pecare (to commit a sin) · grc ἁμαρτάνω (to commit a sin) · hu vétkezik (to commit a sin) · fr pécher (to commit a sin) · pt pecar (to commit a sin) · sh гре́шити (to commit a sin) · et pattu tegema (to commit a sin) · bg греша́ (to commit a sin) · ar أَثِمَ (to commit a sin) · sv synda (to commit a sin) · es pecar (to commit a sin) · io pekar (to commit a sin) · pro peccar (to commit a sin) · ro păcătui (to commit a sin) · ja 罪を犯す (to commit a sin) · pdt sikj vesindjen (to commit a sin) · el αμαρτάνω (to commit a sin) · te పాపం చేయు (to commit a sin) · cy pechu (to commit a sin) · nb synde (to commit a sin) · pl grzeszyć (to commit a sin) · sh gréšiti (to commit a sin) · chr ᎠᏍᎦᏅᎦ (to commit a sin) · oc pecar (to commit a sin) · az günah etmək (to commit a sin) · fa گناه ورزیدن (to commit a sin) · ru греши́ть (to commit a sin) · vec pecar (to commit a sin) · az günah işlətmək (to commit a sin) · hu bűnt követ el (to commit a sin) · hi पाप (to commit a sin) · uk гріши́ти (to commit a sin) · vo sinön (to commit a sin) · fi tehdä syntiä (to commit a sin) · vi phạm tội (to commit a sin) · sk hrešiť (to commit a sin) · da synde (to commit a sin) · pl zgrzeszyć (to commit a sin) · tr günah işlemek (to commit a sin) · sa दुष्यति (to commit a sin) · it peccare (to commit a sin) · hi अपराध (to commit a sin) · la peccō (to commit a sin) · ar خَطِئَ (to commit a sin) · fur pecjâ (to commit a sin) · sh грије́шити (to commit a sin) · swb ukosa (to commit a sin) · dlm desser (to commit a sin) · ang syngian (to commit a sin) · th กระทำบาป (to commit a sin) · ru согреши́ть (to commit a sin) · cmn 犯罪 (to commit a sin) · af sondig (to commit a sin) · is syndga (to commit a sin)

sin en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /sɪn/
• /siːn/

Etymology

Modification of shin.

Meanings

1. A letter of the Hebrew alphabet; שׂ
2. A letter of the Arabic alphabet; س

Forms

sin en · NOUN · etymology 3

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of sinh (“tube skirt”).
   alt of sinh

Forms