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Synonyms
sin1 (sĭn)

[Middle English sinne, from Old English synn.]

noun 

  1. A transgression of a religious or moral law, especially when deliberate.
  2. Theology
    1. Deliberate disobedience to the known will of God.
    2. A condition of estrangement from God resulting from such disobedience.
  3. Something regarded as being shameful, deplorable, or utterly wrong.

intransitive verb: sinned, sin·ning, sins. 

  1. To violate a religious or moral law.
  2. To commit an offense or violation.
sin2 (sēn, sĭn)

[Hebrew śîn, modeled on šîn, shin (the following letter).]

noun 

The 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
sin3

abbreviation 

sine
Sin (sĭn)

[Akkadian Sîn.]

noun 

Mythology
The Babylonian god of the moon.
sine (sīn)

[Medieval Latin sinus (mistranslation of Arabic jayb, sine) (as if jayb, fold in a garment), from Latin, curve, fold.]

noun 

  1. The ordinate of the endpoint of an arc of a unit circle centered at the origin of a Cartesian coordinate system, the arc being of length x and measured counterclockwise from the point (1, 0) if x is positive or clockwise if x is negative.
  2. In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an acute angle to the length of the hypotenuse.