sin Meaning and Definition

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

2. n. violent and excited activity

3. n. estrangement from god

4. n. the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet

5. n. (Akkadian) god of the moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna

6. n. ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle

7. v. commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law

8. v. commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake