sinning
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5.7
- noun
- /ˈsɪnɪŋ/
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- Growing up in a culturally mainstream (but non-religious) family, sinning wasn't something I thought about much.
I will forgive you for sinning, but you're still sinning.
- I will forgive you for sinning, but you're still sinning.
Examples
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Forgive me, this is the priest in me speaking, but you have done much sinning, Signor Clarke.
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He confessed his sinning and sought forgiveness during the church service.
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But those who seek peace have much sinning in their history.
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Even as we're speaking, the sinning is beginning.
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If you loved me, you would stop this sinning and leave me alone!
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All that sinning make them any less holy?
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But, in sinning, you have made it possible for God to truly love you!
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And half the sinning they themselves do, too.
Fiction book (1997) -
Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?
Blog text (29) -
So we have to go on sinning in order to be saved and go to heaven.
Synonyms
776
2.5
An act that breaks a religious or moral rule
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5.8
A wrong action that breaks moral rules or hurts other people
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3.7
Bad actions that break the law or moral rules
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8.1
An action that breaks a law, rule, or moral principle
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6.2
A wrong action that hurts someone or breaks a rule
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9.5
Very bad or unfair actions that harm people
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7.3
Bad actions that harm people or break the law
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7.1
A bad action that breaks rules or harms other people
Antonyms
How Sinful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sinning comes from the old English word sin, which means 'moral wrong' or 'guilt'. As a noun, sinning names the act of doing a wrong or breaking a moral or divine rule, like taking a step away from the right path.