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Delusions (health) and sin(2) (iou)


Delusions (health)


A condition in which the patient has lost touch with reality and experiences hallucinations and misperceptions.







sin(2) (iou)



sin noun1.
[Old English syn(n) rel. to Indo-European forms with dental, as Old French sende, Old Saxon sundea, Old High German sunt(e)a, sund(e)a (German Sunde), Old Norse synd, prob. cogn. with Latin sons, sont- guilty.]
Transgression of divine law; action or behaviour constituting this; the condition or state resulting from such transgression. OE.
Dryden 'Tis sin to misemploy an hour. B. Tarkington They could not spend money..without a sense of sin.
An act constituting transgression of divine law; a violation of a religious or moral principle. OE.
R. Frame He managed to resist the too easy sin of vanity. M. Frayn Tortured by the consciousness of having committed every sin.
b. transf. An offence against a principle or standard. L18.
Nursing Times Overspending is not always a sin.
A pity; a shame. Now only Scot. dial. ME.
Phrases: actual sin: see ACTUAL adjective 1. as sin colloq. very (after an adjective with unfavourable meaning, as ugly, miserable). besetting sin: see BESET verb 2. live in sin colloq. (of an unmarried couple) live together as man and wife, cohabit. original sin: see ORIGINAL adjective. seven deadly sins: see SEVEN adjective. sin of commission: see COMMISSION noun. sin of omission: see OMISSION 1. sins of the flesh: see FLESH noun.
Comb.: sin bin slang (a) = PENALTY box; (b) a place where young offenders are sent for detention, punishment, or rehabilitation; a prison; sin-bin verb trans. (slang) send to a 'sin bin'; sin bosun Nautical slang a ship's chaplain; sin-flood arch. the Deluge; sin-offering [prob. after German Sundopfer translating Hebrew aa', from ata' to sin] in the older Jewish Religion, an offering made as an atonement for sin; sin-shifter slang a clergyman; sin tax colloq. a tax on a thing considered undesirable, such as alcohol, tobacco, or gambling.
sinward adverb [orig. to sinward] towards or in the direction of sin LME.