sin
verb/sɪn/
/sɪn/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they sin | /sɪn/ /sɪn/ |
| he / she / it sins | /sɪnz/ /sɪnz/ |
| past simple sinned | /sɪnd/ /sɪnd/ |
| past participle sinned | /sɪnd/ /sɪnd/ |
| -ing form sinning | /ˈsɪnɪŋ/ /ˈsɪnɪŋ/ |
- to break a religious or moral law
- Forgive me, Lord, for I have sinned.
- sin against somebody/something He was more sinned against than sinning (= although he did wrong, other people treated him even worse).
Word Originverb Old English synn (noun), syngian (verb); probably related to Latin sons, sont- ‘guilty’.
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