The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sin \Sin\, n. [OE. sinne, AS. synn, syn; akin to D. zonde, OS. sundia, OHG. sunta, G. s["u]nde, Icel., Dan. & Sw. synd, L. sons, sontis, guilty, perhaps originally from the p. pr. of the verb signifying, to be, and meaning, the one who it is. Cf. Authentic, Sooth.]
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Transgression of the law of God; disobedience of the divine command; any violation of God's will, either in purpose or conduct; moral deficiency in the character; iniquity; as, sins of omission and sins of commission.
Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
--John viii. 34.Sin is the transgression of the law.
--1 John iii. 4.I think 't no sin. To cozen him that would unjustly win.
--Shak.Enthralled By sin to foul, exorbitant desires.
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An offense, in general; a violation of propriety; a misdemeanor; as, a sin against good manners.
I grant that poetry's a crying sin.
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A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.
He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin.
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An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person. [R.]
Thy ambition, Thou scarlet sin, robbed this bewailing land Of noble Buckingham.
--Shak.Note: Sin is used in the formation of some compound words of obvious signification; as, sin-born; sin-bred, sin-oppressed, sin-polluted, and the like.
Actual sin, Canonical sins, Original sin, Venial sin. See under Actual, Canonical, etc.
Deadly sins, or Mortal sins (R. C. Ch.), willful and deliberate transgressions, which take away divine grace; -- in distinction from vental sins. The seven deadly sins are pride, covetousness, lust, wrath, gluttony, envy, and sloth.
Sin eater, a man who (according to a former practice in England) for a small gratuity ate a piece of bread laid on the chest of a dead person, whereby he was supposed to have taken the sins of the dead person upon himself.
Sin offering, a sacrifice for sin; something offered as an expiation for sin.
Syn: Iniquity; wickedness; wrong. See Crime.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of deadly sin English)
Wikipedia
Deadly Sins is the seventh album by the American heavy metal band Seven Witches.
Deadly Sins is a 1995 American slasher film directed by Michael Robison, and stars David Keith and Alyssa Milano. It had a limited VHS release. In Germany, the film was released on VHS under the title Sins.
Usage examples of "deadly sins".
Now, since I have expounded to you, as best I could, the seven deadly sins, and some of their branches, and their remedies, truly, if I could, I would tell you of the ten commandments.
From the calcification of life were formed the so-called seven deadly sins.
God created the seven deadly sins in order to keep Satan in his place—.
And the seven knights betoken the seven deadly sins that reigned that time in the world.
In most village churches the priest only preached at the major masses, and even then it was usually no more than a catechism lesson, the listing of the seven deadly sins or the seven Acts of Mercy.
Father Captain de Soya thought it a bit much, all this cabalistic numerology -- seven archangels, seven target systems, seven archdemons, seven deadly sins.