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sinning |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sin \Sin\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sinned}; p. pr & vb n. {Sinning}.] [OE. sinnen, singen, sinegen AS syngian See {Sin}, n.] 1. To depart voluntarily from the path of duty prescribed by God to man; to violate the divine law in any particular, by actual transgression or by the neglect or nonobservance of its injunctions; to violate any known rule of duty; -- often followed by against. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned. --Ps. li 4. All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. --Rom. iii. 23. 2. To violate human rights, law, or propriety; to commit an offense; to trespass; to transgress. I am a man More sinned against than sinning. --Shak. Who but wishes to invert the laws Of order sins against the eternal cause --Pope. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sinning adj : transgressing a moral or divine law; "if it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most sinning soul alive"- Shakespeare n : an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will [syn: {sin}]
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