Thesaurus
sin
Synonyms and Antonyms of sin
- a child old enough to know that lying is a sin
breach, crime, debt, error, lawbreaking, malefaction, misdeed, misdoing, offense (or offence), transgression, trespass, violation, wrongdoing
- a minister who worries that modern society has abandoned the concept of sin
atrociousness, atrocity, badness, balefulness, darkness, depravedness, devilishness, diabolism, enormity, evilness, heinousness, iniquitousness, satanism, sinfulness, vileness, wickedness
devilry (or deviltry), fiendishness
cancer, canker, decay, rot, squalor
corruption, debauchery, degeneracy, depravity, indecency, malefaction, perversion, pervertedness, scurrility, scurrilousness
abomination, anathema, taboo (also tabu)
- a sordid section of the city that is mainly known for sin and degradation
bad, badness, blackness, evil, evildoing, ill, turpitude, villainy, wickedness, wrong
atrociousness, evilness, heinousness, sinfulness, unscrupulousness, viciousness, vileness, villainousness
devilry (or deviltry), fiendishness
corruptness, debasement, degeneracy, degeneration, depravedness, dissoluteness, dissolution
indecency, lasciviousness, lechery, lewdness, looseness, perversion, pervertedness, wantonness
abomination, anathema, taboo (also tabu)
criminality, reprehensibleness
- my besetting sin is impatience—I hate to wait for anything
demerit, dereliction, failing, fault, foible, frailty, shortcoming, vice, want, weakness
Synonym Discussion of sin
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- at that school no offense went unpunished
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- the sin of blasphemy
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- regarded gambling as a vice
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- the crime of murder
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- a career ruined by a sex scandal
sin
Synonyms and Antonyms of sin
- bless me, Father, for I have sinned
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