sinning
si ning
- n an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will
- v commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
- v commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
- s transgressing a moral or divine law
if it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most sinning soul alive"- Shakespeare
- The Augustinian motif of sinning one's way to God shows up even in the early life of Dorothy Day, saintly founder of the Catholic Worker movement.
- It's even worse when you resort to violence to make sure that the sinning be stopped.
- And now, in his early and sudden death, his mourners can see him as more sinned against than sinning.