sin

Meaning

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

crime

commit a sin

do wrong

commit a crime

do evil

evil deed

bad deed

be guilty

evil nature

illegal act

make mistake

pain

pollution

free from vice

be malicious

commit an offense

evil wish

human passion

lustful desires

bad act

bad action

deviation from rectitude

moral impurity

evil-doing

sin offering

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɪn/

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 Proto-Indo-European *h₁s-ónt-ih₂, 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 Scots syn, sin (“sin”), Saterland Frisian Säände (“sin”), West Frisian sûnde (“sin”), Dutch zonde (“sin”), Low German sunn, sunne (“sin”), German Sünde (“sin”), Danish synd (“sin”), Swedish synd (“sin”), Icelandic synð, synd (“sin”), Latin sont-, sons (“sinful, guilty, criminal”). Doublet of suttee.