noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ cardinal , deadly , mortal
▪ egregious ( esp. AmE ), grave , great , grievous , heinous
▪ unforgivable , unpardonable
▪ venial
▪ original
▪
the Christian doctrine of original ~
▪ past
▪
We have repented for past ~s. Now it's time to move on.
VERB + SIN
▪ commit
▪ confess
▪
They had confessed their ~s and done their penance.
▪ repent
▪ expiate
▪
They would have to expiate their ~s through suffering.
▪ wash away
▪
The holy water washes away their ~s.
▪ forgive
▪ punish
▪ consider sth
▪
It's considered a ~ to be disrespectful to your parents.
▪
Usury is considered a ~.
SIN + NOUN
▪ tax ( esp. AmE )
▪
~ taxes on cigarettes and alcohol
▪ bin ( BrE , sports )
▪
Both sides lost a player to the ~ bin just before the interval.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ against
▪
a ~ against God
▪ ~ of
▪
the ~ of pride
PHRASES
▪ the forgiveness of ~ , the forgiveness of ~s
▪
We believe in the forgiveness of ~s.
▪ the seven deadly ~s
▪
Idleness, in her book, was possibly the deadliest of the seven deadly ~s.
▪ a ~ of commission (= doing sth you should not do) , a ~ of omission (= not doing sth you should do)
▪ the ~s of the fathers
▪
Our sons will pay for the ~s of their fathers.
▪ the ~s of the flesh (= sexual acts that you should not do)
▪
Even politicians are not immune from the ~s of the flesh.