(·adv, ·prep & ·conj) old form of since.
2. sin ·noun a sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.
3. sin ·noun an embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.
4. sin ·noun an offense, in general; a violation of propriety; a misdemeanor; as, a sin against good manners.
5. sin ·noun to violate human rights, law, or propriety; to commit an offense; to trespass; to transgress.
6. sin ·noun 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.
7. sin ·noun to depart voluntarily from the path of duty prescribed by god to man; to violate the divine law in any particular, by actual transgression or by the neglect or nonobservance of its injunctions; to violate any known rule of duty;
often followed by against.