Meaning

noun estrangement from god

noun an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will

noun ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle

originFrom Middle English sinne, synne, sunne, zen, from Old English synn (“sin”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnju, from Proto-Germanic *sunjō (“truth, excuse”) and *sundī, *sundijō (“sin”), from , from *h₁sónts ("being, true", implying a verdict of "truly guilty" against an accusation or charge), from *h₁es- (“to be”); compare Old English sōþ ("true"; see sooth). Doublet of suttee. Cognates Cognate…

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