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sin

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of sin

1 a breaking of a moral or legal code

  • a child old enough to know that lying is a sin
Synonyms of sin

breach, crime, debt, error, lawbreaking, malefaction, misdeed, misdoing, offense (or offence), transgression, trespass, violation, wrongdoing
Words Related to sin

bias crime, hate crime

felony, misconduct, misdemeanor, misfeasance

fault, foible, peccadillo

break, infringement

immorality, iniquitousness, iniquity, sinfulness, vice, wickedness

corruption, debauchery, depravity, licentiousness

abuse, criminality, illegality, lawlessness, unlawfulness

descent, downfall, fall
Near Antonyms of sin

blamelessness, faultlessness, guiltlessness, impeccability, innocence, irreproachability

goodness, morality, righteousness, virtue, virtuousness
Antonyms of sin

noncrime

2 that which is morally unacceptable

  • a minister who worries that modern society has abandoned the concept of sin
Synonyms of sin

bad, evil, evildoing, ill, immorality, iniquity, villainy, wrong
Words Related to 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)
Near Antonyms of sin

decency, goodness, honesty, integrity, probity, rectitude, uprightness

goodness, righteousness, virtuousness
Antonyms of sin

good, morality, right, virtue

3 immoral conduct or practices harmful or offensive to society

  • a sordid section of the city that is mainly known for sin and degradation
Synonyms of sin

corruption, debauchery, depravity, immorality, iniquitousness, iniquity, libertinage, libertinism, licentiousness, profligacy, vice
Words Related to sin

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

baseness, despicableness, dirtiness, lowness, meanness

lousiness, miserableness, wretchedness
Near Antonyms of sin

good, right

honesty, honor, integrity, legitimacy, probity, rectitude, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, uprightness

goodness, righteousness, virtuousness

blamelessness

chastity, innocence, perfection, pureness, purity, spotlessness

cleanness, correctness, decency, decorousness, propriety, rightness, seemliness
Antonyms of sin

morality, virtue

4 a regrettable or blameworthy act

  • it's a sin to waste food when people are starving
Synonyms of sin

crime, disgrace, pity, shame
Words Related to sin

outrage, scandal

5 a defect in character

  • my besetting sin is impatience—I hate to wait for anything
Synonyms of sin

demerit, dereliction, failing, fault, foible, frailty, shortcoming, vice, want, weakness
Words Related to sin

blot, spot, stain

blemish, deficiency, flaw, imperfection, minus, nit

Achillesʼ heel, soft spot

corruption, depravity, evil, immorality, sinfulness, wickedness
Phrases Synonymous with sin

feet of clay
Near Antonyms of sin

excellence, perfection

goodness, integrity, morality, probity, rectitude, righteousness
Antonyms of sin

merit, virtue

Synonym Discussion of sin

offense, sin, vice, crime, scandal mean a transgression of law. offense applies to the infraction of any law, rule, or code.
    • at that school no offense went unpunished
sin implies an offense against moral or religious law.
    • the sin of blasphemy
vice applies to a habit or practice that degrades or corrupts.
    • regarded gambling as a vice
crime implies a serious offense punishable by the law of the state.
    • the crime of murder
scandal applies to an offense that outrages the public conscience.
    • a career ruined by a sex scandal

sin

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of sin

to commit an offense

  • bless me, Father, for I have sinned
Synonyms of sin

err, fall, offend, stray, transgress, trespass, wander
Words Related to sin

breach, break, infringe, violate

backslide, lapse

mess up
Phrases Synonymous with sin

break the law, fall from grace
Near Antonyms of sin

forgive, justify, pardon

regret, repent, rue

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