[*** \mathrm{sin}^1] |sin|

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an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law:

〖具体例では可算〗(宗教･道徳上の)罪, 罪業 (!法律･刑事上の罪はcrime)

e.g. a sin in the eyes of God

e.g. the human capacity for sin.

an act regarded as a serious or regrettable fault, offense, or omission:

｟くだけて｠ (強く)非難されるべきもの, 罰当たりなこと

e.g. he committed the unforgivable sin of refusing to give interviews

e.g. humorous : with air like this, it's a sin not to go out.

verb (sins, sinning, sinned) no object

commit a sin:

(宗教･道徳的)罪を犯す

e.g. I sinned and brought shame down on us.

(sin against) offend against (God, a person, or a principle):

【法律･礼儀などに】背く «against»

e.g. I had sinned against my master.

informal having a particular undesirable quality to a high degree:

e.g. as ugly as sin.

informal, dated live together as though married.

a sinful action.

a sinful failure to perform an action.

Old English synn (noun), syngian (verb); probably related to Latin sons, sont- ‘guilty’.

[*** \mathrm{sin}^2] |sīn|

sine.