Толковый словарь английского языка - sin

I. noun see: is Date: before 12th century 1. an offense against religious or moral law, an action that is or is felt to be highly reprehensible , an often serious shortcoming ; fault, 2. transgression of the law of God, a vitiated state of human nature in which the self is estranged from God, see: offense II. intransitive verb (~ned; ~ning) Date: before 12th century to commit a ~, to commit an offense or fault, III. noun Etymology: Hebrew śin Date: circa 1823 the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet, IV. abbreviation ~e