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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