From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Sin \Sin\, n. [OE. sinne, AS. synn, syn; akin to D. zonde, OS.
sundia, OHG. sunta, G. s["u]nde, Icel., Dan. & Sw. synd, L.
sons, sontis, guilty, perhaps originally from the p. pr. of
the verb signifying, to be, and meaning, the one who it is.
Cf. {Authentic}, {Sooth}.]
1. Transgression of the law of God; disobedience of the
divine command; any violation of God's will, either in
purpose or conduct; moral deficiency in the character;
iniquity; as, sins of omission and sins of commission.
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Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
--John viii.
34.
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Sin is the transgression of the law. --1 John iii.
4.
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I think 't no sin.
To cozen him that would unjustly win. --Shak.
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Enthralled
By sin to foul, exorbitant desires. --Milton.
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2. An offense, in general; a violation of propriety; a
misdemeanor; as, a sin against good manners.
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I grant that poetry's a crying sin. --Pope.
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3. A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.
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He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin.
--2 Cor. v.
21.
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4. An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person. [R.]
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Thy ambition,
Thou scarlet sin, robbed this bewailing land
Of noble Buckingham. --Shak.
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Note: Sin is used in the formation of some compound words of
obvious signification; as, sin-born; sin-bred,
sin-oppressed, sin-polluted, and the like.
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{Actual sin}, {Canonical sins}, {Original sin}, {Venial sin}.
See under {Actual}, {Canonical}, etc.
{Deadly sins}, or {Mortal sins} (R. C. Ch.), willful and
deliberate transgressions, which take away divine grace;
-- in distinction from vental sins. The seven deadly sins
are pride, covetousness, lust, wrath, gluttony, envy, and
sloth.
{Sin eater}, a man who (according to a former practice in
England) for a small gratuity ate a piece of bread laid on
the chest of a dead person, whereby he was supposed to
have taken the sins of the dead person upon himself.
{Sin offering}, a sacrifice for sin; something offered as an
expiation for sin.
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Syn: Iniquity; wickedness; wrong. See {Crime}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Actual \Ac"tu*al\ (#; 135), a. [OE. actuel, F. actuel, L.
actualis, fr. agere to do, act.]
1. Involving or comprising action; active. [Obs.]
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Her walking and other actual performances. --Shak.
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Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is
. . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to
God. --Jer. Taylor.
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2. Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in
fact; real; -- opposed to {potential}, {possible},
{virtual}, {speculative}, {conceivable}, {theoretical}, or
{nominal}; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case
under discussion.
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3. In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the
actual situation of the country.
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{Actual cautery}. See under {Cautery}.
{Actual sin} (Theol.), that kind of sin which is done by
ourselves in contradistinction to "original sin."
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Syn: Real; genuine; positive; certain. See {Real}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
actual sin
n 1: a sin committed of your own free will (as contrasted with
original sin) [ant: {original sin}]
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