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ENGLISH: sin - CREOLE: peche

Overview of noun sin

The noun sin has 6 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (14) sin, sinfulness, wickedness -- (estrangement from god)

2. (9) sin, sinning -- (an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will)

3. sine, sin -- (ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle)

4. Sin -- ((Akkadian) god of the moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna)

5. sin -- (the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet)

6. sin, hell -- (violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin")

Overview of verb sin

The verb sin has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (7) sin, transgress, trespass -- (commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law)

2. sin, blunder, boob, goof -- (commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I blundered during the job interview")