Sin

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

(·adv, ·prep & ·conj) Old form of Since.

II. Sin ·noun A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.

III. Sin ·noun An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.

IV. Sin ·noun An offense, in general; a violation of propriety; a misdemeanor; as, a sin against good manners.

V. Sin ·noun To violate human rights, law, or propriety; to commit an offense; to Trespass; to Transgress.

VI. 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.

VII. 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.

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