sin:
1. An offense against God, religion, or moral law, especially when deliberate.Quotes:
(1) Willie Stark (Broderick Crawford) in All the King's Men (1949): ' Man is conceived in sin and born in corruption .'
(2) Gwendolyn Chelm (Jennifer Jones) to Mr. Petersen (Robert Morley) in Beat the Devil (1954): ' Isn't that what we're all concerned with, sin? '
(3) Tom (Nick Nolte) and Susan (Barbra Streisand) in The Prince of Tides (1991):
-- Tom Wingo: ' Lowenstein, I think I like adultery .'
-- Susan Lowenstein: ' That's why they made it a sin .'
(4) The narrator (Jodhi May) in The Scarlet Letter (1995): ' Who is to say what is a sin in God's eye? '
(5) John Milton (Al Pacino) in The Devil's Advocate (1998): ' Vanity is definitely my favorite sin .'
2. To transgress the laws of God; to commit an illegal or immoral act(ion).
Synonyms: backslide; be wicked; break commandment; break law; cheat ; commit crime; commit sin; deviate ; do wrong; err; fall; fall from grace; go astray; lapse; live in sin; misbehave; misconduct; offend; stray; take the primrose path; transgress; trespass; wallow in the mire; wander.
Quotes:
(1) Lucius, the narrator (Burgess Meredith) in The Reivers (1969): ' Boone knew something I didn't, that the rewards of virtue are cold , and odorless, and tasteless, and not to be compared with the bright and exciting pleasures of sin and wrong-doing .'
(2) Mrs. Flax (Cher) and her daughter Charlotte (Winona Ryder) in Mermaids (1990):
-- Mrs. Flax: ' Okay, how do I look? '
-- Charlotte: ' Like a woman about to go forth in sin .'
-- Mrs. Flax: ' Oh, good. Exactly the look I was hoping for .'
3. By extension, a transgression of any law, standard , code, etc. ' It's a sin to throw food .'
Quote: Howard (Woody Allen) in The Front (1976): ' In my family the biggest sin was to buy retail .'
4. Something regarded as shameful, wrongul or wicked. Synonyms: evil; evildoing; iniquity; malefaction; tort; transgression; trespass; violation; crime; felony; misdemeanor; villainy; misdeed; offense; infraction; unrighteousness; wrong; wrongdoing.
Quotes:
(1) Alexis Zorba (Anthony Quinn) to the Englishman Basil (Alan Bates) in Zorba the Greek (1964): ' If a woman sleeps alone it puts a shame on all men. God has a very big heart , but there is one sin He will not forgive. If a woman calls a man to her bed and he will not go .'
(2) Tess McGill (Melanie Griffith) to Jack Trainer (Harrison Ford) in Working Girl (1988): ' I have a head for business and a bod for sin .'
5. Sin of many men , obsolete literary allusion to ejaculated semen or the ejaculation of semen . According to James T. Henke in Courtesans and Cuckolds. A Glossary of Renaissance Dramatic Bawdy (1979): ' A seminal emission in the vagina of a whore literally would be a "sin" .'
6. Sin's attorney , obsolete literary euphemism for a pimp or pander .
See Also: Adam, autosadism, bath house, berker, blue moon, church, cock-wagon, common shore, concupiscencia, covet, Cui peccare licet peccat minus, enosiophobia, flesh factory, fuck-truck, goat, hamartophobia, house, hygiene hall, peccatiphobia, Qui dormit, non peccat, sample of sin, scratch, sin, skin room, spill, toilet, tubs, unmentionable vice, unnatural act, unnatural sex
Quotes Containing sin:
John Milton (Al Pacino) in The Devil's Advocate (1998): 'Vanity, definitely my favorite sin .'
John Milton (Al Pacino) in The Devil's Advocate (1998): 'Vanity is definitely my favorite sin .'
The narrator (Jodhi May) in The Scarlet Letter (1995): 'Who is to say what is a sin in God's eye?'
Harry Mitchell (Jack Thompson) in The Sum of Us (1994): ''I''m tired of living-in-sin with my own right hand.''
Harry Mitchell (Jack Thompson) in The Sum of Us (1994): ''I''m tired of living-in-sin with my own right hand.''
Tess McGill (Melanie Griffith) to Jack Trainer (Harrison Ford) in Working Girl (1988): 'I have a head for business and a bod for sin .'
Harry Mitchell (Jack Thompson) in The Sum of Us (1994): 'I'm tired of living-in-sin with my own right hand.'
Howard (Woody Allen) in The Front (1976): 'In my family the biggest sin was to buy retail.'
Willie Stark (Broderick Crawford) in All the King's Men (1949): 'Man is conceived in sin and born in corruption.'
Gwendolyn Chelm (Jennifer Jones) to Mr. Petersen (Robert Morley) in Beat the Devil (1954): 'Isn't that what we're all concerned with, sin?'
Tom (Nick Nolte) and Susan (Barbra Streisand) in The Prince of Tides (1991): - Tom Wingo: 'Lowenstein, I think I like adultery .' - Susan Lowenstein: 'That's why they made it a sin .'
Alexis Zorba (Anthony Quinn) to the Englishman Basil (Alan Bates) in Zorba the Greek (1964): ''If a woman sleeps alone it puts a shame on all men. God has a very big heart , but there is one sin He will not forgive. If a woman calls a man to her bed and he will not go.''
The Sin Killer (Walter Huston) to Pearl Chavez (Jennifer Jones) in Duel in the Sun (1946): 'Pearl, you're curved in the flesh of temptation . Resistance is going to be a darn sight harder for you than for females protected by the shape of sows.'
Alexis Zorba (Anthony Quinn) to the Englishman Basil (Alan Bates) in Zorba the Greek (1964): 'If a woman sleeps alone it puts a shame on all men. God has a very big heart , but there is one sin He will not forgive. If a woman calls a man to her bed and he will not go.'
Mrs. Flax (Cher) and her daughter Charlotte (Winona Ryder) in Mermaids (1990): - Mrs. Flax: 'Okay, how do I look?' - Charlotte: 'Like a woman about to go forth in sin .' - Mrs. Flax: 'Oh, good. Exactly the look I was hoping for.'
Mrs. Fisher (Joan Plowright) in Enchanted April (1991): ''In my day husbands and beds were never spoken of in the same breath. Husbands were taken seriously as the only real obstacle to sin .''
Paul (Will Smith) in Six Degrees of Separation (1993): ''I believe the imagination is the passport that we create to help take us into the real world . I believe the imagination is merely another phrase for what is most uniquely us. Jung says:The greatest sin is to be unconscious.''
According to James T. Henke in Courtesans and Cuckolds. A Glossary of Renaissance Dramatic Bawdy (1979): 'A seminal emission in the vagina of a whore literally would be a "sin".'
Tom Wingo (Nick Nolte) and Susan Lowenstein (Barbra Streisand) in The Prince of Tides (1991): - Tom: 'Lowenstein, I think I like adultery .' - Susan: 'That's why they made it a sin .'
The Sin Killer (Walter Huston) to young Pearl Chavez (Jennifer Jones) in Duel in the Sun (1946): ''Pearl, you''re curved in the flesh of temptation . Resistance is going to be a darn sight harder for you than for females protected by the shape of sows.''
''The question is which is the greater sin . Taking a lover or putting your lover in a position where they need another.'' A journalist (Michael O''Keefe) to Nina (Laura San Giacomo) in Nina Takes a Lover (1995)
Lucius, the narrator (Burgess Meredith) in The Reivers (1969): 'Boone knew something I didn't, that the rewards of virtue are cold , and odorless, and tasteless, and not to be compared with the bright and exciting pleasures of sin and wrong-doing.'
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