sin
sin /s'ɪn/ (sins sinning sinned)
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Sin or a sin is an action or type of behaviour which is believed to break the laws of God.
The Vatican's teaching on abortion is clear: it is a sin...
see also cardinal sin, mortal sin
2 [VERB] V against n, V
If you sin, you do something that is believed to break the laws of God.
The Spanish Inquisition charged him with sinning against God and man...
You have sinned and must repent your ways.
● sinner [N-COUNT]
I am a sinner and I need to repent of my sins.
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A sin is any action or behaviour that people disapprove of or consider morally wrong.
The ultimate sin was not infidelity, but public mention which led to scandal.
4 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you say that a man and a woman are living in sin, you mean that they are living together as a couple although they are not married. (OLD-FASHIONED)
She was living in sin with her boyfriend.
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a multitude of sins: see multitudecar|di|nal sin (cardinal sins)
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If you describe an action as a cardinal sin, you are indicating that some people strongly disapprove of it.
I committed the physician's cardinal sin: I got involved with my patients.mor|tal sin (mortal sins)
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In the Roman Catholic Church, a mortal sin is an extremely serious sin and the person who has committed it will be punished after death unless they are forgiven by the Church.origi|nal sin
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According to some Christians, original sin is the wickedness that all human beings are born with, because the first human beings, Adam and Eve, disobeyed God.
1 [N-VAR]
Sin or a sin is an action or type of behaviour which is believed to break the laws of God.
The Vatican's teaching on abortion is clear: it is a sin...
see also cardinal sin, mortal sin
2 [VERB] V against n, V
If you sin, you do something that is believed to break the laws of God.
The Spanish Inquisition charged him with sinning against God and man...
You have sinned and must repent your ways.
● sinner [N-COUNT]
I am a sinner and I need to repent of my sins.
3 [N-COUNT]
A sin is any action or behaviour that people disapprove of or consider morally wrong.
The ultimate sin was not infidelity, but public mention which led to scandal.
4 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you say that a man and a woman are living in sin, you mean that they are living together as a couple although they are not married. (OLD-FASHIONED)
She was living in sin with her boyfriend.
5
a multitude of sins: see multitudecar|di|nal sin (cardinal sins)
[N-COUNT]
If you describe an action as a cardinal sin, you are indicating that some people strongly disapprove of it.
I committed the physician's cardinal sin: I got involved with my patients.mor|tal sin (mortal sins)
[N-VAR]
In the Roman Catholic Church, a mortal sin is an extremely serious sin and the person who has committed it will be punished after death unless they are forgiven by the Church.origi|nal sin
[N-UNCOUNT]
According to some Christians, original sin is the wickedness that all human beings are born with, because the first human beings, Adam and Eve, disobeyed God.