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Synonyms of sin in English:

sin


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noun

1‘a sin in the eyes of God’

SYNONYMS
immoral act, wrong, wrongdoing, act of evil, act of wickedness, transgression, crime, offence, misdeed, misdemeanour, error, lapse, fall from grace
archaic trespass

2‘the human capacity for sin’

SYNONYMS
wickedness, wrongdoing, wrong, evil, evil-doing, sinfulness, ungodliness, unrighteousness, immorality, vice, transgression, crime, error, iniquity, irreligiousness, irreverence, profanity, blasphemy, impiety, impiousness, sacrilege, profanation, desecration
ANTONYMS

virtue, good

3‘the way they spend money—it's a sin’

SYNONYMS
scandal, crime, disgrace, outrage

verb

1‘I sinned and brought down shame on us’

SYNONYMS
commit a sin, offend against God, commit an offence, transgress, do wrong, commit a crime, break the law, misbehave, go astray, stray from the straight and narrow, go wrong, fall from grace
archaic trespass