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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

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

“I have sinned, I have broken the law, and I have no excuses,” Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper, the former principal of St. James Catholic School, told the judge.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2022

“I have sinned, I’ve broken the law and I have no excuses,” Kreuper said via teleconference.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2022

My mother can easily speak to a priest in a darkened confessional; can easily make an act of self-revelation using the impersonal formula of ritual contrition: ‘Bless me, Father, for I have sinned....’

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez