3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] Against thee, thee only, have I sinned. --Ps. li. 4. [1913 Webster] All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. --Rom. iii. 23. [1913 Webster] 2. To violate human rights, law, or propriety; to commit an offense; to trespass; to transgress. [1913 Webster] I am a man More sinned against than sinning. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Who but wishes to invert the laws Of order, sins against the eternal cause. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Sinaic From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: 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}] 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}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: sinned See {sin}
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