I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
as miserable as sin British English (= very miserable )
as ugly as sin (= very ugly )
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Nick’s dog is as ugly as sin .
cardinal sin
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politicians who commit the cardinal sin of ignoring public opinion
commit a sin (= do something that is wrong according to your religion )
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He confessed to having committed the sin of adultery.
confessed...sin
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He knelt and confessed his sin .
mortal sin
original sin
sin bin
unforgivable sin
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the unforgivable sin of informing on your friends
venial sin
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a venial sin
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
cardinal
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It's fairly entertaining to watch but commits the cardinal sin of not identifying individual players.
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I made the cardinal sin in tennis.
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In Gandhi's view, its cardinal sin is the way it tolerates untouchability.
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All things were possible; anyone could get rich; the cardinal sin was doubt.
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We list the ten cardinal sins to be avoided by anyone hoping to handle their finances better in the future.
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Also, eating is not likely to be viewed as a cardinal sin .
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Monotony was a cardinal sin for Victorian architects, just as it is the predominant defining characteristic of modern architecture.
deadly
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He felt as if he had been led through the seven deadly sins one by one, with lust leading the way.
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I noticed with amusement that the tapestries hanging there illustrated the seven deadly sins .
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Anger, he saw, had not been lightly numbered among the deadly sins .
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Thinking about deadly sin led her to think again of Satan.
great
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The greater the sin , the more glorious the struggle would be his attitude.
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That is the greatest sin of all.
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When I look back over the years I see impatience as the great sin of life.
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Then they will learn, there is no greater booj sin than to love us only like a father.
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A baby born out of wedlock was a great sin , then, and a huge embarrassment to the family.
mortal
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Martinho would have accounted his act a mortal sin .
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Making fun of the Corps is a mortal sin .
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Suppose, suppose, she were in a state of mortal sin ?
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Committing suicide was a mortal sin .
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As I have said, we are not dealing with a demon but something worse, a soul steeped in mortal sin .
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He had compounded a number of venial failings with the mortal sin of adultery.
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And is hers strong enough to marry a man who regards unpunctuality almost as a mortal sin ?
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She regarded gossip as a mortal sin , and encouraging it almost as bad.
original
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Lewis was inclined to ground his grudging acceptance of democracy on the doctrine of original sin .
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This comes too close to something like a pedagogic version of original sin .
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Another incident followed Richard Baxter's preaching of a sermon on original sin .
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According to Elvis Costello, there are no original sins .
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However, original or commercial sin keeps breaking in and there is undoubtedly a great deal of badly seasoned wood on the market.
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I was told in the third grade that I had an overabundance of original sin .
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Howard by his belief in original sin , guilt and the possibility of awakening man's consciousness of sin.
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Like a piece of apple, some kid said; the chunk of apple that Adam ate and got original sin .
unforgivable
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Luke O'Malley had committed the unforgivable sin - he had informed on his friends.
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I put down the pen, because this would be the great, unforgivable Miltonian sin .
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Marriage in his eyes is sacred; adultery the unforgivable sin .
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They suffer, in short, from that most unforgivable of political sins , unworldliness.
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Death is the unforgivable sin of modernity, and the modern world will have nothing to do with her.
■ NOUN
bin
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Leonard was sent to the sin bin .
■ VERB
commit
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Luke O'Malley had committed the unforgivable sin - he had informed on his friends.
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I, too, must have lived several lives through the ages and committed enormous sins .
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The possibility that he had committed a sin but no murder.
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Father Maier, he continued, was committing that sin .
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It's fairly entertaining to watch but commits the cardinal sin of not identifying individual players.
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Gough has not committed a heinous sin in Kurunegala.
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She has committed several sins , greed and gluttony being high on the list.
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Or the image of the Fallen, those who have committed the sin of idolatry?
confess
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I don't if you have heard but there is now a new way of confessing your sins ?
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One friend suggested that he could return to the Church simply by confessing his sins .
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Then, naked and holding three scourges in his hands, he confessed his sins .
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Immediately following mass, she confessed her sins and was baptized by the bishop.
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I am a sinner, Lord, and confess my sin .
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I wanted to confess my sin .
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He can be redeemed, he can confess his sins , he can expiate his guilt.
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Why is this young man confessing to the sins of a man twice his age?
cover
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It was called UDAG-a sincere-sounding acronym that covered a multitude of sins .
forgive
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He healed the sick, raised the dead, exercised authority over the evil spirits and forgave sins .
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Costly grace is the only pure grace, which really forgives sins and gives freedom to the sinner.
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You have forgiven your people's sins and pardoned all their wrongs.
hide
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Jay was a solid woman, dressed in dark loose comfortable clothes that hid a multitude of sins .
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Other nations try to hide their sins .
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Curtains around a bed can also hide a multitude of sins in patient care.
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It hides a multitude of sins .
live
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We were, after all, living in sin , and she was a devoted Catholic.
repent
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Before Nina dies she and Gael again make peace, she repents her sins , and Gael vows to rewrite his novel.
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The Church would accept her because it had to accept anyone who had repented her sins and embraced its teachings.
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He said something about repenting for your sin .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
besetting sin
cover/hide a multitude of sins
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Patterned carpet can hide a multitude of sins.
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Curtains around a bed can also hide a multitude of sins in patient care.
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It hides a multitude of sins.
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It was called UDAG-a sincere-sounding acronym that covered a multitude of sins.
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Jay was a solid woman, dressed in dark loose comfortable clothes that hid a multitude of sins.
live in sin
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We were, after all, living in sin, and she was a devoted Catholic.
the remission of sins
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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No one is completely without sin .
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the sin of greed
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The Bible says adultery is a sin .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All the same, as Father Peter said, even the neediest people must not have their sins condoned.
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All things were possible; anyone could get rich; the cardinal sin was doubt.
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Death and darkness can be experienced as guilt because of sin or depression and paralysing imprisonment of spirit.
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I wanted to confess my sin .
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Like conscientious believers everywhere they confess a wide range of sins of omission and commission.
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Self-interest was the worst sin and slaveholding was the worst form of self-interest.
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These sins may be seen to menace lineage identity and solidarity - the paramount Nuer virtues.
II. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cover/hide a multitude of sins
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Patterned carpet can hide a multitude of sins.
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Curtains around a bed can also hide a multitude of sins in patient care.
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It hides a multitude of sins.
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It was called UDAG-a sincere-sounding acronym that covered a multitude of sins.
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Jay was a solid woman, dressed in dark loose comfortable clothes that hid a multitude of sins.
the remission of sins
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I sinned and brought shame down on all of us.
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Paul is saying to an engaged couple that neither the man nor the woman sins if they marry.
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She had sinned so much, could she ever find salvation?
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You have sinned, Jimbo, I told myself out loud, but it is never too late to repent.