Sin (Noun)
Meaning 1
Ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle.
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Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.
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Meaning 2
An act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will.
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 3
The 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 4
(Akkadian) god of the Moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna.
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Nouns denoting people.
Meaning 5
Estrangement from god.
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- Man's inherent disobedience had brought sin into the world, severing the sacred bond between humans and their creator.
- In her heart, she knew her continued avoidance of the sacred teachings would be an intentional path toward sin and rebellion against divine guidance.
- By this theological concept, every mortal would commit some sin or disobedience to perfect goodness that created tension and called for human deliverance and recovery from unrighteousness.
- Through biblical accounts and religious study, one comes to realize the profound concept of original sin and human kind's inherited guilt from earliest beginnings.
- Mortal men may not be perfect beings but rather inherently cursed by the sinful nature introduced across all generations since first recorded disobedience.