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Sin Believed Action Behaviour Break Laws God Sinning

word sin
definition
noun
Sin or a sin is an action or type of behaviour which is believed to break the laws of God.
The Vatican's teaching on abortion is clear: it is a sin.
Was it the sin of pride to have believed too much in themselves?
A sin is any action or behaviour that people disapprove of or consider morally wrong .
...the sin of arrogant hard-heartedness.
The ultimate sin was not infidelity, but public mention which led to scandal.
verb
If you sin, you do something that is believed to break the laws of God.
The Spanish Inquisition charged him with sinning against God and man.
You have sinned and must repent your ways.
I am a sinner and I need to repent of my sins.
inflections sinssinningsinnedsinnersinnerstrespasser
cefr-level C1

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