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English noun: sin | |||
| 1. | sin (attribute) estrangement from god | ||
| Synonyms | sinfulness, wickedness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | unrighteousness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | mark of Cain | ||
| 2. | sin (act) an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will | ||
| Synonyms | sinning | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | evildoing, transgression | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | actual sin, deadly sin, fall, mortal sin, original sin, venial sin | ||
| 3. | sin ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle | ||
| Synonyms | sine | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | circular function, trigonometric function | ||
| 4. | Sin (person) (Akkadian) god of the Moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna | ||
| Instance hypernym | Semitic deity | ||
| Domain region | Mesopotamia | ||
| 5. | sin (communication) the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet | ||
| Part meronym | Hebraic alphabet, Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew script | ||
| 6. | sin (act) violent and excited activity | ||
| Samples | They began to fight like sin. | ||
| Synonyms | hell | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | activity | ||
| Domain usage | colloquialism | ||
English verb: sin | |||
| 1. | sin (social) commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law | ||
| Synonyms | transgress, trespass | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fall | ||
| 2. | sin (social) commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake | ||
| Samples | I blundered during the job interview. | ||
| Synonyms | blunder, boob, drop the ball, goof | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate | ||
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