|  sin 
  
 
 1. estrangement from god (Freq. 14)
 • Syn:
 sinfulness, wickedness
 • Derivationally related forms:
 wicked (for: wickedness), sinful (for: sinfulness)
 • Hypernyms:
 unrighteousness
 • Hyponyms:
 mark of Cain
 2. an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will (Freq. 9)
 • Syn:
 sinning
 • Derivationally related forms:
 sin (for: sinning)
 • Hypernyms:
 transgression, evildoing
 • Hyponyms:
 fall, actual sin, original sin, mortal sin, deadly sin, venial sin
 3. ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
 • Syn:
 sine
 • Hypernyms:
 trigonometric function, circular function
 4. the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
 • Hypernyms:
 letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
 • Part Holonyms:
 Hebrew alphabet, Hebraic alphabet, Hebrew script
 5. violent and excited activity
 - they began to fight like sin
 • Syn:
 hell
 • Usage Domain:
 colloquialism
 • Hypernyms:
 activity
 
 1. commit a sin;
 violate a law of God or a moral law (Freq. 7)
 • Syn:
 transgress, trespass
 • Derivationally related forms:
 transgression (for: transgress), sinner, sinning
 • Hypernyms:
 transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against,
 breach, break
 • Hyponyms:
 fall
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s
 2. commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
 - I blundered during the job interview
 • Syn:
 drop the ball, blunder, boob, goof
 • Derivationally related forms:
 goof (for: goof), boob (for: boob), blunderer (for: blunder), blunder (for: blunder)
 • Hypernyms:
 transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against,
 breach, break
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s
 - Somebody ----s PP
 - Somebody ----s something  (for: blunder)
 
 
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