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# sin

«sin» in Mova's school dictionary: **In religion, an act that breaks God's law or a religious…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a sin, sins; sin — uncountable); verb (sin, sins, sinned, sinning); also an abbreviation sin (maths: sine)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In religion, an act that breaks God's law or a religious rule. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sin/#m1)

2) (informal) Something that seems very wrong or a shame: It's a sin to waste good food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sin/#m2)

3) (maths abbreviation) sin = sine, a function in trigonometry used with angles in triangles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sin/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In religious education, the idea of sin appears in Christianity, Islam, Judaism and other faiths, along with forgiveness. In everyday talk «It's a sin to…» means it's a terrible waste or shame. In older pupils' maths, sin, cos and tan are buttons on a calculator. «Ugly as sin» means very ugly; «live in sin» is an old phrase.

### examples

- Many religions teach that stealing is a sin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sin/#x1)
- It's a sin to throw away that cake! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sin/#x2)
- He asked to be forgiven for his sins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sin/#x3)
- Press the sin button on the calculator to find the sine of 30 degrees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sin/#x4)
- In the story, greed was his worst sin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sin/#x5)
- Wasting a sunny day indoors would be a sin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sin/#x6)
- "I will confess all my sins first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sin/#x7)

### note

Past: sinned (double n). Person: sinner. As a maths word, «sin» is short for sine and is said «sine». Not the same as «crime» (against the law of the land).

### In the corpora

- ["Living in sin" is an old jokey phrase for living together without being married.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/13-relations-and-family/13/)
- [An accident is not a sin; hiding it can grow into one.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/343-accidents-told-too-late/0/)
- [Liam whispered «Bless me, Father, for I have sinned» and told the priest about the name.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/5/)
- [In confession a person tells their sins honestly to a priest, who gives absolution and usually a small penance, like a prayer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/20/)
- [Leaving out a sin on purpose in confession usually leaves the guilt in place.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sin» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sin/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.