Sin, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Sinned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sinning.] [OE. sinnen, singen, sinegen, AS. syngian. See Sin, n.] 1. To depart voluntarily from the path of duty prescribed by God to man; to violate the divine law in any particular, by actual transgression or by the neglect or nonobservance of its injunctions; to violate any known rule of duty; — often followed by against.
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned. Ps. li. 4.
All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. Rom. iii. 23.
2. To violate human rights, law, or propriety; to commit an offense; to trespass; to transgress.
I am a man
More sinned against than sinning. Shak.
Who but wishes to invert the laws
Of order, sins against the eternal cause. Pope.