Tra từ sin - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

sin [sin sins sinned sinning] noun, verb, abbreviation BrE [sɪn] NAmE [sɪn]
noun
1. countable an offence against God or against a religious or moral law
•to commit a sin
•Confess your sins to God and he will forgive you.
•The Bible says that stealing is a sin.
see also ↑mortal sin, ↑original sin
2. uncountable the act of breaking a religious or moral law
•a life of sin
3. countable, usually singular (informal)an action that people strongly disapprove of
•It's a sin to waste taxpayers' money like that.
see also ↑sinful, ↑sinner
more at cover/hide a multitude of sins at ↑multitude, live in sin at ↑live ¹

Word Origin:
v. and n. Old English synn (noun), syngian (verb); probably related to Latin sons, sont- ‘guilty’.

Collocations:
Religion
Being religious
believe in God/Christ/Allah/free will/predestination/heaven and hell/an afterlife/reincarnation
be/become a believer/an atheist/an agnostic/a Christian/Muslim/Hindu/Buddhist, etc.
convert to/practise/ (especially US) practice a religion/Buddhism/Catholicism/Christianity/Islam/Judaism, etc.
go to church/(NAmE) temple (= the synagogue)
go to the local church/mosque/synagogue/gurdwara
belong to a church/a religious community
join/enter the church/a convent/a monastery/a religious sect/the clergy/the priesthood
praise/worship/obey/serve/glorify God
Celebrations and ritual
attend/hold/conduct/lead a service
perform a ceremony/a rite/a ritual/a baptism/the Hajj/a mitzvah
carry out/perform a sacred/burial/funeral/fertility/purification rite
go on/make a pilgrimage
celebrate Christmas/Easter/Eid/Ramadan/Hanukkah/Passover/Diwali
observe/break the Sabbath/a fast/Ramadan
deliver/preach/hear a sermon
lead/address the congregation
say/recite a prayer/blessing
Religious texts and ideas
preach/proclaim/spread the word of God/the Gospel/the message of Islam
study/follow the dharma/the teachings of Buddha
read/study/understand/interpret scripture/the Bible/the Koran/the gospel/the Torah
be based on/derive from divine revelation
commit/consider sth heresy/sacrilege
Religious belief and experience
seek/find/gain enlightenment/wisdom
strengthen/lose your faith
keep/practise/practice/abandon the faith
save/purify/lose your soul
obey/follow/keep/break/violate a commandment/Islamic law/Jewish law
be/accept/do God's will
receive/experience divine grace
achieve/attain enlightenment/salvation/nirvana
undergo a conversion/rebirth/reincarnation
hear/answer a prayer
commit/confess/forgive a sin
do/perform penance

Example Bank:
•Even politicians are not immune from the sins of the flesh.
•It's considered a sin to be disrespectful to your parents.
•Our sons will pay for the sins of their fathers.
•Sin against others is seen as a sin against God.
•The besetting sin of 18th-century urban Britain was drunkenness.
•They had confessed their sins and done their penance.
•They would have to expiate their sins through suffering.
•We believe in the forgiveness of sins.
•We have repented for past sins. Now it's time to move on.
•sin taxes on cigarettes and alcohol
•the Christian doctrine of original sin
•Believers are called on to turn away from sin and embrace a life of prayer.
•Father, I have committed a sin.
•He was pursuing an active life of sin when he felt the Lord speaking to him.
•It's a sin to waste taxpayers' money like that.
Idioms: something for your sins ▪ ↑ugly as sin

verb (-nn-)intransitive
to break a religious or moral law
•Forgive me, Lord, for I have sinned.
•~ against sb/sth He was more sinned against than sinning (= although he did wrong, other people treated him even worse).
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
v. and n. Old English synn (noun), syngian (verb); probably related to Latin sons, sont- ‘guilty’.

Example Bank:
•He was more sinned against than sinning.

abbreviation (mathematics)
↑sine

Word Origin:
v. and n. Old English synn (noun), syngian (verb); probably related to Latin sons, sont- ‘guilty’.