Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Sin \Sin\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sinned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sinning}.] [OE. sinnen, singen, sinegen, AS. syngian. See
{Sin}, n.]
1. To depart voluntarily from the path of duty prescribed by
God to man; to violate the divine law in any particular,
by actual transgression or by the neglect or nonobservance
of its injunctions; to violate any known rule of duty; --
often followed by against.
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned. --Ps. li. 4.
All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.
--Rom. iii.
23.
2. To violate human rights, law, or propriety; to commit an
offense; to trespass; to transgress.
I am a man More sinned against than sinning. --Shak.
Who but wishes to invert the laws Of order, sins
against the eternal cause. --Pope.
Source : WordNet®
sin
n 1: estrangement from god [syn: {sinfulness}, {wickedness}]
2: an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of
God's will [syn: {sinning}]
3: ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse of a
right-angled triangle [syn: {sine}]
4: (Akkadian) god of the moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna
5: the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
6: violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin"
[syn: {hell}]
[also: {sinning}, {sinned}]
sinning
adj : transgressing a moral or divine law; "if it be a sin to
covet honor, I am the most sinning soul alive"-
Shakespeare
sinning
n : an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of
God's will [syn: {sin}]
sin
v 1: commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law [syn: {transgress},
{trespass}]
2: commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I
blundered during the job interview" [syn: {blunder}, {boob},
{goof}]
[also: {sinning}, {sinned}]
sinning
See {sin}