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sin

UK/sɪn/ US/siːn/ common
noun (6) verb (2)

noun

1.
2.

an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God''s will

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3.

ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle

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5.

the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet

6.

violent and excited activity

  • “they began to fight like sin”
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verb

1.

commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law

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2.

commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake

  • “I blundered during the job interview”
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Origin

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”).

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