1. An act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will
   "He viewed his gambling addiction as sin against his faith";
   - sinning
    
2. Estrangement from god
   "He viewed gambling as a sin that would lead to his damnation";
   - sinfulness, wickedness
    
3. Ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
   "Students learned to calculate the sin of various angles";
   - sine
    
4. The 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
   "The Hebrew letter sin is pronounced like the English 's'"
    
5. [informal] A serious fault or error, especially against established standards
   "Serving boxed wine at a fancy dinner party is a culinary sin"

1. Commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
   "He felt he had sinned by lying to his parents";
   - transgress, trespass [archaic]

1. (Akkadian) god of the Moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna

1. In Canada, the 9-digit number used to identify an individual, usually for taxation purposes
   - social insurance number

Derived forms: sinned, sins, sinning

Type of: alphabetic character, breach, break, circular function, evildoing, go against, infract, letter, letter of the alphabet, offend, outrage, Semitic deity, transgress, transgression, trigonometric function, unrighteousness, violate

Part of: Hebraic alphabet, Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew script

Encyclopedia: Sin, Sorrow And Sadness