Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
--John viii.
34.
Sin is the transgression of the law. --1 John iii.
4.
I think 't no sin. To cozen him that would unjustly
win. --Shak.
Enthralled By sin to foul, exorbitant desires.
--Milton.
2. An offense, in general; a violation of propriety; a
misdemeanor; as, a sin against good manners.
I grant that poetry's a crying sin. --Pope.
3. A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.
He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin.
--2 Cor. v.
21.
4. An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person. [R.]
Thy ambition, Thou scarlet sin, robbed this
bewailing land Of noble Buckingham. --Shak.
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.
{Venial sin}. See under {Actual}, {Canonical}, etc.
{Deadly}, 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.
Syn: Iniquity; wickedness; wrong. See {Crime}.
2. In a manner to occasion death; mortally.
The groanings of a deadly wounded man. --Ezek. xxx.
24.
3. In an implacable manner; destructively.
4. Extremely. [Obs.] ``Deadly weary.'' --Orrery. ``So deadly
cunning a man.'' --Arbuthnot.
2. Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately
hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies.
Thy assailant is quick, skillful, and deadly.
--Shak.
3. Subject to death; mortal. [Obs.]
The image of a deadly man. --Wyclif (Rom.
i. 23).
{Deadly nightshade} (Bot.), a poisonous plant; belladonna.
See under {Nightshade}.