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see LIVE IN SIN; MORE SINNED AGAINST THAN SINNING; MULTITUDE OF SINS; UGLY AS SIN; WAGES OF SIN.
American Heritage Idioms
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noun
evil:
The wages of sin is death.
verb
transgressed:
He sinned against God.
Simple Definitions
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sin
verbs
commit a sin
• He has committed a grave sin.
confess your sins
• He knelt and confessed his sins to God.
forgive sins
• God has forgiven all my sins.
repent (of) your sins
(= be sorry you committed them )
• I sincerely repent of my sins.
phrases
the seven deadly sins
(= seven bad feelings or desires, in the Christian religion, for example greed or too much pride )
adjectives
a great sin
• Possibly the greatest sin you can be guilty of is not speaking out against cruelty or injustice when you see it.
a besetting sin
literary (= one that you keep committing )
• Drunkenness was his besetting sin.
transnet.ir
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noun ADJ. cardinal, deadly, mortal | unforgivable | venial | besetting The besetting sin of 18th-century urban Britain was drunkenness. | original the Christian doctrine of original sin VERB + SIN commit | confess They had confessed their sins and done their penance. | forgive (sb their) PREP. ~ against Sin against others is seen as a sin against God.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary