transcription, транскрипция: [ sɪn ]
( sins, sinning, sinned)
1.
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...
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see also cardinal sin , mortal sin
2.
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.
VERB : V against n , V
• sin‧ner
(sinners)
I am a sinner and I need to repent of my sins.
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3.
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.
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4.
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.
PHRASE : V inflects
5.
a multitude of sins: see multitude