sin

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, error-lua-exec, uncountable) A violation of divine will or religious law.
2. (countable, error-lua-exec, uncountable) Sinfulness, depravity, iniquity.
3. (countable, error-lua-exec, uncountable) A misdeed or wrong.
4. (countable, error-lua-exec, uncountable) A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.
5. (countable, error-lua-exec, uncountable) An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.
6. (countable, error-lua-exec, uncountable) A flaw or mistake.
7. (countable, error-lua-exec, uncountable) sin bin

Verb

To commit a sin.

Synonyms

crime

fault

offence

evil

transgression

vice

guilt

offense

wickedness

error

transgress

wrong

badness

commit a sin

mistake

wrongdoing

do wrong

trespass

misdeed

blame

commit a crime

wrong-doing

err

sinning

immorality

sine

goof

felony

boob

depravity

fall

blunder

defects

misfortune

do evil

drop the ball

villainy

unrighteousness

iniquity

indiscretion

sinfulness

malignity

hell

evil deed

greed

demerit

failing

miss

misery

evil-doing

Translations

péché

pécher

pecado

Sünde

peccato

pecar

sündigen

pecado

αμαρτία

peccare

zonde

pecat

zondigen

αμαρτάνω

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɪn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sinne

Inherited from Old English: synn

Cognate with Old English: soþ

Cognate with Scots: syn

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Säände

Cognate with Western Frisian: sûnde

Cognate with Dutch: zonde

Cognate with Low German: sunn

Cognate with German: Sünde

Cognate with Danish: synd

Cognate with Swedish: synd

Cognate with Icelandic: synð

Cognate with Latin: sons

In summary

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”). Doublet of suttee.