The Clue
Transgression (3 letter answer)
The Answer
SIN
Tags
Notes
The answer SIN is seen frequently, appearing about once every 80 puzzles.
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Fault
Misbehave
Offense
Original ___
Peccancy
Sloth is one
Transgress
Trespass
Ugly as ___
"The wages of ___ is . . . "
Wrong
Wrongdoing
Break a Commandment
Confession in a confessional
Confession topic
Deadly act
One of a deadly septet
Devil's delight
Do bad
Do wrong
Envy or covetousness
Epitome of ugliness?
Fall from grace
First mistake
Go astray
Hamartiologist's topic
Kind of tax
Moral misdeed
Mortal thing
Preacher's subject
Pride, e.g.
Thing to confess
Bret Harte's Ah ___
No good deed
This could be mortal
"There is no ___ except stupidity": Wilde
You might pay for it later
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"