sin

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. impiety, sacrilege, transgression, wickedness, impurity, iniquity, vice; offense, crime, fault, error, peccadillo. —v. i. transgress, err, offend. See guilt, wrong, badness, evil.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. error, wrongdoing, trespass, transgression, wickedness, evil-doing, iniquity, immorality, crime, ungodliness, unrighteousness, veniality, disobedience to the divine will, transgression of the divine law, violation of God's law.

The seven deadly or capital or mortal sins believed by some Christian denominations to lead to spiritual death are: pride, covetousness or avarice, lust, wrath or anger, gluttony, envy, sloth.

Ant. righteousness*, godliness, virtue.

v.

Syn. err, do wrong, commit a crime, offend, break the moral law, break one of the Commandments, trespass, transgress, misbehave, misconduct oneself, go astray, stray from the path of duty, wander from the paths of righteousness, fall, lapse, fall from grace, fall from virtue, sow one's wild oats*, kick over the traces*, let one's foot slip*, take the primrose path*, wallow in the mire*, wander from the straight and narrow*, follow the broad way*, backslide*, live in sin*, sleep around*; see also curse 1 , deceive , kill 1 , steal .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

offense, transgression, wrong, wrongdoing, evil, crime, felony, violation, fault, immoral act, misdeed, affront to God, vice, peccadillo, wickedness. ''The breaking of one's own integrity.''—D.H. Lawrence. ''A departure from God.''—Martin Luther.

ANT.: good deed, virtue, kindness

II

v.

do an evil deed, do an immoral act, break a commandment, do wrong, transgress, offend God, commit a crime, fall from grace, trespass, stray from the path of righteousness.

ANT.: do a good deed, do a kindness

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. A wicked act or wicked behavior: crime, deviltry, diablerie, evil, evildoing, immorality, iniquity, misdeed, offense, peccancy, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing. See RIGHT. 2. That which is morally bad or objectionable: evil, iniquity, peccancy, wickedness, wrong. See RIGHT. 3. Something that offends one's sense of propriety, fairness, or justice: crime, offense, outrage. See RIGHT. II verb To violate a moral or divine law: err, offend, transgress, trespass. See RIGHT.