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sinner
This term carries a heavy moral or religious weight, typically implying a violation of a sacred law or a spiritual transgression. While it is most frequently used within a theological framework to describe a human's fallen state or specific wrongdoings, it can be used in a secular sense to describe someone who indulges in a "guilty pleasure" or breaks a strict social taboo.
In a religious context, the word often evokes a sense of guilt, shame, or the need for redemption. It is rarely used as a neutral descriptor; it either functions as a formal classification of a person's spiritual status or as a self-deprecating label when the speaker acknowledges their own imperfections.
Meanings
Examples
I am a sinner and I seek forgiveness.
I am a sinner and I seek forgiveness.
The priest told the congregation that every human is a sinner.
He felt like a wretched sinner after lying to his parents.
Only a sinner would dare to enter this sacred temple with such intentions.
You are a sinner for eating the last piece of cake.
The dark lord claimed he could command every sinner in the underworld.
The ancient texts describe the fate of the unrepentant sinner.