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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sin \Sin\, n. [OE. sinne, AS synn, syn; akin to D. zonde, OS sundia, OHG. sunta, G. s["u]nde, Icel., Dan. & Sw synd, L. sons, sontis, guilty, perhaps originally from the p. pr of the verb signifying, to be and meaning, the one who it is Cf {Authentic}, {Sooth}.] 1. Transgression of the law of God; disobedience of the divine command; any violation of God's will either in purpose or conduct; moral deficiency in the character; iniquity; as sins of omission and sins of commission. Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. --John viii. 34. Sin is the transgression of the law. --1 John iii. 4. I think 't no sin. To cozen him that would unjustly win. --Shak. Enthralled By sin to foul, exorbitant desires. --Milton. 2. An offense, in general; a violation of propriety; a misdemeanor; as a sin against good manners. I grant that poetry's a crying sin. --Pope. 3. A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin. He hath made him to be sin for us who knew no sin. --2 Cor. v. 21. 4. An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person. [R.] Thy ambition, Thou scarlet sin, robbed this bewailing land Of noble Buckingham. --Shak. Note: Sin is used in the formation of some compound words of obvious signification; as sin-born; sin-bred, sin-oppressed, sin-polluted, and the like {Actual sin}, {Canonical sins}, {Original sin}, {Venial sin}. See under {Actual}, {Canonical}, etc {Deadly}, or {Mortal}, {sins} (R. C. Ch.), willful and deliberate transgressions, which take away divine grace; -- in distinction from vental sins. The seven deadly sins are pride, covetousness, lust, wrath, gluttony, envy, and sloth. {Sin eater}, a man who (according to a former practice in England) for a small gratuity ate a piece of bread laid on the chest of a dead person, whereby he was supposed to have taken the sins of the dead person upon himself. {Sin offering}, a sacrifice for sin; something offered as an expiation for sin. Syn: Iniquity; wickedness; wrong See {Crime}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deadly \Dead"ly\, adv 1. In a manner resembling, or as if produced by death. ``Deadly pale.'' --Shak. 2. In a manner to occasion death; mortally. The groanings of a deadly wounded man. --Ezek. xxx. 24. 3. In an implacable manner; destructively. 4. Extremely. [Obs.] ``Deadly weary.'' --Orrery. ``So deadly cunning a man.'' --Arbuthnot. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deadly \Dead"ly\, a. 1. Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as a deadly blow or wound. 2. Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as deadly enemies. Thy assailant is quick, skillful, and deadly. --Shak. 3. Subject to death; mortal. [Obs.] The image of a deadly man. --Wyclif (Rom. i. 23). {Deadly nightshade} (Bot.), a poisonous plant; belladonna. See under {Nightshade}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: deadly adj 1: causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness" [syn: {deathly}, {mortal}] 2: of an instrument of certain death; "deadly poisons"; "lethal weapon"; "a lethal injection" [syn: {lethal}] 3: extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite" [syn: {venomous}, {virulent}] 4: (theology) involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; "the seven deadly sins" [syn: {mortal(a)}] 5: exceedingly harmful [syn: {baneful}, {pernicious}, {pestilent}] 6: (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect adv 1: as if dead [syn: {lifelessly}] 2: as if produced by death; "deadly pale"; "a deadly paralyitc stroke" 3: (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous" [syn: {madly}, {insanely}, {deucedly}, {devilishly}]
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