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sinning
[ noun ]

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

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[ adj ]

1. transgressing a moral or divine law

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if it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most sinning soul alive

Sin \Sin\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sinned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sinning}.] [OE. sinnen, singen, sinegen, AS. syngian. See
{Sin}, n.]
1. To depart voluntarily from the path of duty prescribed by
God to man; to violate the divine law in any particular,
by actual transgression or by the neglect or nonobservance
of its injunctions; to violate any known rule of duty; --
often followed by against.

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned. --Ps. li. 4.

All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.
--Rom. iii.
23.

2. To violate human rights, law, or propriety; to commit an
offense; to trespass; to transgress.

I am a man
More sinned against than sinning. --Shak.

Who but wishes to invert the laws
Of order, sins against the eternal cause. --Pope.