sin

Noun

• violent and excited activity
  • they began to fight like sin
    

• the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet

• (Akkadian) god of the Moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna

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

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

• estrangement from god

Verb

• commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
  • I blundered during the job interview
    

• commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  hell , Sin , sine , sinning , sinfulness , wickedness , drop the ball , blunder , boob , goof , transgress , trespass