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sinned

VERB

commit illegal or immoral action

Synonyms

STRONG

backslide cheat deviate err fall lapse misbehave misconduct offend stray transgress trespass wander

WEAK

break commandment break law commit crime do wrong fall from grace go astray live in sin sow wild oats take the primrose path wallow in the mire

Antonyms

STRONG

behave go direct obey stay

WEAK

comply

Example Sentences

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Eve then offers the fruit to Adam, and, having both sinned, they realize their nakedness, are ashamed and make clothing.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

Lear, though “more sinned against than sinning,” recognizes only after it’s too late the error in judgment that led to the devastation from which there can be no return.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2025

His lawyers argued that while he had engaged in bad behavior and sinned against his wife, he had not broken the law.

From Washington Post • Apr. 2, 2023

Even if your daughters are, in some sense, more sinned against than sinning, you could reasonably worry that putting resources in their hands will allow them to support destructive causes.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2022

Some god had pity on her, traitor though she was, because she had sinned through love.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton