(sports) To send (a player) to the sin bin, to temporarily dismiss from the playing field.

Alternative form of sin bin

simple past tense and past participle of sin bin

plural of venial sin

plural of mortal sin

plural of deadly sin

(Christianity) Adam's disobedience to God. / (Christianity) The state of sinfulness, present in each human from birth, which is a result of Adam's disobedience.

(simile, colloquial) Unquestionably guilty.

(Roman Catholicism, theology) A sin which causes the loss of God's grace, leading to eternal damnation, unless the sinner repents, which includes their intent to confess and atone; such a sin is defined as a transgression against one of the Ten Commandments with the full knowledge and deliberate consent of the sinner.

(Roman Catholicism, theology) A sin that is not a mortal sin; a sin that is not grave, or was not deliberate or was committed without a full understanding of the consequences.