SINNING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sinning mean? 

• SINNING (noun)
  The noun SINNING has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SINNING used as a noun is very rare.

• SINNING (adjective)
  The adjective SINNING has 1 sense:

1. transgressing a moral or divine law

  Familiarity information: SINNING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SINNING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

sin; sinning

Hypernyms ("sinning" is a kind of...):

evildoing; transgression (the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sinning"):

fall (a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity)

actual sin (a sin committed of your own free will (as contrasted with original sin))

original sin (a sin said to be inherited by all descendants of Adam)

deadly sin; mortal sin (an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace)

venial sin (a pardonable sin regarded as entailing only a partial loss of grace)

Derivation:

sin (commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law)

• SINNING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Transgressing a moral or divine law

Context example:

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

Similar:

offending (offending against or breaking a law or rule)

 Context examples 

The life that is in you cries out that it must live, no matter what the cost; so you live ignominiously, untrue to the best you dream of, sinning against your whole pitiful little code, and, if there were a hell, heading your soul straight for it.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)