sin

Definition

  • noun: an action that is considered to be wrong according to religious or moral law
  • noun: an offense against religious or moral law
  • verb: to do something that is considered wrong according to religious or moral law
  • verb: to commit a sin
  • usually singular

Examples

  • He made a lot of money in the stock market and he's been 'living the good life' [=living the life of a wealthy person] ever since.

  • Even though he was acquitted, most people think he is 'guilty as sin'.

  • His mother did not want him 'living in sin' with his girlfriend.

Movie quotes

  • (..) ...with vile and loathsome crust, all my smooth body Thus was I, sleeping, by a brother's hand of life, of crown and queen at once dispatched Cutoff even in the blossom of my sin No reckoning made, but sent to my account with all my imperfections on my head Oh horrible, oh horrible, most horrible. (..)
    2015 Hamlet