SIN (sinned, sinning)
Dictionary entry overview: What does Sin mean?
• SIN (noun)
The noun SIN has 6 senses:
1. estrangement from god
2. an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will
3. ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
4. (Akkadian) god of the moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna
5. the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
6. violent and excited activity
Familiarity information: SIN used as a noun is common.
• SIN (verb)
The verb SIN has 2 senses:
1. commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
2. commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
Familiarity information: SIN used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SIN (noun)
Meaning:
Estrangement from god
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
sinfulness; sin; wickedness
Hypernyms ("sin" is a kind of...):
unrighteousness (failure to adhere to moral principles)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sin"):
mark of Cain (the mark that God set upon Cain now refers to a person's sinful nature)
Meaning:
An act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
sinning; sin
Hypernyms ("sin" is a kind of...):
evildoing; transgression (the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sin"):
fall (a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity)
actual sin (a sin committed of your own free will (as contrasted with original sin))
original sin (a sin said to be inherited by all descendants of Adam)
deadly sin; mortal sin (an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace)
venial sin (a pardonable sin regarded as entailing only a partial loss of grace)
Meaning:
Ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
sine; sin
Hypernyms ("sin" is a kind of...):
circular function; trigonometric function (function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle)
Meaning:
(Akkadian) god of the moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
Semitic deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites)
Domain region:
Mesopotamia (the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq)
Meaning:
The 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("sin" is a kind of...):
alphabetic character; letter; letter of the alphabet (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech)
Holonyms ("sin" is a part of...):
Hebraic alphabet; Hebrew alphabet; Hebrew script (a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino))
Meaning:
Violent and excited activity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
hell; sin
Context example:
they began to fight like sin
Hypernyms ("sin" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
• SIN (verb)
Meaning:
Commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
sin; transgress; trespass
Hypernyms (to "sin" is one way to...):
breach; break; go against; infract; offend; transgress; violate (act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sin"):
fall (yield to temptation or sin)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
blunder; boob; goof; sin
Context example:
I blundered during the job interview
Hypernyms (to "sin" is one way to...):
breach; break; go against; infract; offend; transgress; violate (act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
