noun
    
    plural sins
    
    an action that is considered to be wrong according to religious or moral law [count]
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    [count] :an action that is considered to be bad - usually singular
    
    
    
    (as) guilty/miserable/ugly as sin
    
    informal :very guilty/miserable/ugly
    
    
    
    
    
    for your sins
    
    chiefly Brit humorous - used to say that you are doing something unpleasant, difficult, etc., as a form of punishment
    
    
    
    live in sin
    
    
    
    verb
    
    sins; sinned; sinning
    
    [no obj] :to do something that is considered wrong according to religious or moral law :to commit a sin