The Clue
Offends (4 letter answer)
The Answer
SINS
Tags
Notes
The answer SINS is common and appears about once every 250 puzzles.
Related Clues
Errs
Faults
Impieties
Offenses
Peccadilloes
Transgressions
Trespasses
Wrongdoings
Wrongs
Anger, sloth, etc.
Baptism castoffs
Breaks a commandment
Confession recitals
Confessional list
Confessor's earful
"Deadly" septet
Does bad
Does wrong
Envy and pride
Envy, sloth, etc.
Gluttony and sloth
Goes astray
Hamartiologists' topics
Hebrew letters
Pride, sloth, etc.
Some confessions
Stain producers
Subjects for forgiveness
Lust and envy, e.g.
Lust and envy, for two
Pride and envy, e.g.
Seven are deadly
Seven deadly items
Some are deadly
They demand an expiation
They're recited in confessions
Definition
SIN as a noun:
1. (sin, sinfulness, wickedness) = estrangement from god
2. (sin, sinning) = an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will
3. (sine, sin) = ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
4. (Akkadian) god of the moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna
5. the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
6. (sin, hell) = violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin"
SIN as a verb:
1. (sin, transgress, trespass) = commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
2. (sin, blunder, boob, goof) = commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I blundered during the job interview"