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Word entry · 3 letters

sin

Best crossword clue

"Moral wrong"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɪn/Part of speech noun, verbSorted insStarts with SEnds with N3 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will

Word origin

From Middle English sinne, synne, sunne, zen, from Old English synn (“sin”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnju, from Proto-Germanic *sunjō (“truth, excuse”) and *sundī, *sundijō (“sin”), from , from *h₁sónts ("being, true", implying a verdict of "truly guilty" against an accusation or charge), from *h₁es- (“to be”); compare Old English sōþ ("true"; see sooth). Doublet of suttee.

Used in a sentence

  • As a Christian, I think this is a sin against God.
  • For he hath made him to be ſinne for vs, who knewe no ſinne,[…]
  • Thy Ambition / (Thou Scarlet ſinne) robb’d this bewailing Land / Of Noble Buckingham,[…]

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Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01Moral wrong3 letters
02Transgress3 letters
03Moral wrongdoing3 letters

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