Sinner
noun
A person who does things that are against religious rules.
He confessed to the priest that he was a sinner.
Often appears as...
- repentant sinner
- born sinner
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Disapproving
noun
A person who breaks moral or civil law.
He is a sinner in the eyes of the law for stealing.
Often appears as...
- convicted sinner
- lawless sinner
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Disapproving
Legal
noun
A person who has many bad qualities or does many bad things.
He was a sinner, always cheating and lying to people.
Often appears as...
- habitual sinner
- inveterate sinner
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Disapproving
noun
A person who does things that are against religious rules.
He confessed to the priest that he was a sinner.
Often appears as...
- repentant sinner
- born sinner
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A person who breaks moral or civil law.
He is a sinner in the eyes of the law for stealing.
Often appears as...
- convicted sinner
- lawless sinner
Usage tips
Disapproving
Legal
noun
A person who has many bad qualities or does many bad things.
He was a sinner, always cheating and lying to people.
Often appears as...
- habitual sinner
- inveterate sinner
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Religious Context
Often used in religious discussions about morality and ethics.
The sermon today made me reflect on the life of a sinner.
Pro Tip 2/3Repentance Associated
'Sinner' is commonly paired with repentance and redemption in religious texts.
Every sinner has a future, just as every saint has a past.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Can be considered offensive if used to judge others' actions or beliefs.
You shouldn't call someone a sinner for having different customs.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Context
Often used in religious discussions about morality and ethics.
The sermon today made me reflect on the life of a sinner.
Pro Tip 2/3Repentance Associated
'Sinner' is commonly paired with repentance and redemption in religious texts.
Every sinner has a future, just as every saint has a past.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Can be considered offensive if used to judge others' actions or beliefs.
You shouldn't call someone a sinner for having different customs.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Context
Often used in religious discussions about morality and ethics.
The sermon today made me reflect on the life of a sinner.
Pro Tip 2/3Repentance Associated
'Sinner' is commonly paired with repentance and redemption in religious texts.
Every sinner has a future, just as every saint has a past.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Can be considered offensive if used to judge others' actions or beliefs.
You shouldn't call someone a sinner for having different customs.
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A child of the state -...
the miracle of thought that I thought they wanted to me to get to I will ask God for forgiveness and his light will shine through me to them how fantastic this was an opportunity the theology was perfect the timing unquestionable and the cancerous honest as a sinner could get a mustn't love you I said to them
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The five major world...
and then taught them about his heavenly father -- affectionate, forgiving, and attentive. Then, he would invite everyone to a common table to illustrate his Kingdom of God, outcasts, sinners, and saints all eating together. He had only three years before his unconventional wisdom
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Storytellers Summit Day...
handwriting is actually yeah so anyway that's why I mean it's so important right because like regardless of society its sex worker stigma yeah and then aids especially in South Asia you don't talk about it and if whoever gets it of course as a sinner and then you show
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Why we need the...
inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every superstar, every supreme leader, every saint and sinner in the history of our species, lived there, on a mote of dust, suspended in a sunbeam. It's been said that astronomy's a humbling
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Is social activism the...
is their number one cause they want to get them to use their power for good their resources for good their motto when you want to solve a problem don't forget the sinners despite job opportunities not being optimistic in the world these generation are really
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Safari Live - Day 129 PIPE...
there's a black fire again of course we've got the rooves on another one another one some sinners oh what a surprise one parlour that's beautiful there very peaceful out here too I think it's gonna be a little bit change night well I'm feeling a bit on
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Give yourself permission...
that profession has never stopped giving back to me, and it gives back more and more, mostly, strangely, through the characters that I've played. I've played cops, I've played criminals, I've played priests, I've played sinners,
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Ladies and gentlemen,...
fair what means your lordship I do love you once indeed my lord you made me believe believe me I loved you not I was the more to see ya they to a nunnery why was that be a breeder of sinners will help him you sweet heaven
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What would it be like if...
of heaven forever but if you assemble along the way you might not get there immediately but you'll get there eventually and if any if you don't obey the rules if you're unrepentant sinner
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A brief history of the...
Satan, the beast crunching sinners’ bones in his subterranean lair. Lucifer, the fallen angel raging against the established order.
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A child of the state -...
the miracle of thought that I thought they wanted to me to get to I will ask God for forgiveness and his light will shine through me to them how fantastic this was an opportunity the theology was perfect the timing unquestionable and the cancerous honest as a sinner could get a mustn't love you I said to them
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The five major world...
and then taught them about his heavenly father -- affectionate, forgiving, and attentive. Then, he would invite everyone to a common table to illustrate his Kingdom of God, outcasts, sinners, and saints all eating together. He had only three years before his unconventional wisdom
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Storytellers Summit Day...
handwriting is actually yeah so anyway that's why I mean it's so important right because like regardless of society its sex worker stigma yeah and then aids especially in South Asia you don't talk about it and if whoever gets it of course as a sinner and then you show
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Why we need the...
inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every superstar, every supreme leader, every saint and sinner in the history of our species, lived there, on a mote of dust, suspended in a sunbeam. It's been said that astronomy's a humbling
Video examples
Is social activism the...
is their number one cause they want to get them to use their power for good their resources for good their motto when you want to solve a problem don't forget the sinners despite job opportunities not being optimistic in the world these generation are really
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Safari Live - Day 129 PIPE...
there's a black fire again of course we've got the rooves on another one another one some sinners oh what a surprise one parlour that's beautiful there very peaceful out here too I think it's gonna be a little bit change night well I'm feeling a bit on
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Give yourself permission...
that profession has never stopped giving back to me, and it gives back more and more, mostly, strangely, through the characters that I've played. I've played cops, I've played criminals, I've played priests, I've played sinners,
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Ladies and gentlemen,...
fair what means your lordship I do love you once indeed my lord you made me believe believe me I loved you not I was the more to see ya they to a nunnery why was that be a breeder of sinners will help him you sweet heaven
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What would it be like if...
of heaven forever but if you assemble along the way you might not get there immediately but you'll get there eventually and if any if you don't obey the rules if you're unrepentant sinner
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A brief history of the...
Satan, the beast crunching sinners’ bones in his subterranean lair. Lucifer, the fallen angel raging against the established order.
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Nick Vujicic
Australian Clergyman
I challenged God. I said, 'God, I know that I'm a sinner. I know that I won't probably have peace until You're in my heart. But I will not let You in my heart until You answer me, why? Why did you take my arms and legs? Why didn't You give me what everybody else has? God, until You answer me that question, I will not serve You.
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Josh Turner
American Musician
I'm a sinner just like everybody else and I have my faults and I've been through my dark times in my life to where I wasn't walking the walk and talking the talk, or I may have been talking the talk, but I wasn't walking the walk.
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Ben Zobrist
American Athlete
We are perfect. According to God, we are perfect, yet we know that we are sinners. We believe in the fact that we are both saints and sinners at the same time as we live in this world.
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Killer Mike
American Musician
I've been a sinner and a saint. If you've been a saint all your life, it's pretty easy to sleep at night. If you've been a sinner, you're just as comfortable in it.
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Paul Begala
American Journalist
See, I think if it just became who's sleeping with whom, then there's no reason to prefer one party over the other, 'cause the truth is we're all sinners.
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Martin Luther
German Leader
You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Roman Statesman
The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.
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Billy Graham
American Clergyman
We're all sinners. Everybody you meet all over the world is a sinner.
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Brigitte Bardot
French Actress
They may call me a sinner, but I am at peace with myself.
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Alan Watts
English Philosopher
Saints need sinners.
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Nick Vujicic
Australian Clergyman
I challenged God. I said, 'God, I know that I'm a sinner. I know that I won't probably have peace until You're in my heart. But I will not let You in my heart until You answer me, why? Why did you take my arms and legs? Why didn't You give me what everybody else has? God, until You answer me that question, I will not serve You.
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Josh Turner
American Musician
I'm a sinner just like everybody else and I have my faults and I've been through my dark times in my life to where I wasn't walking the walk and talking the talk, or I may have been talking the talk, but I wasn't walking the walk.
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Ben Zobrist
American Athlete
We are perfect. According to God, we are perfect, yet we know that we are sinners. We believe in the fact that we are both saints and sinners at the same time as we live in this world.
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Killer Mike
American Musician
I've been a sinner and a saint. If you've been a saint all your life, it's pretty easy to sleep at night. If you've been a sinner, you're just as comfortable in it.
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Paul Begala
American Journalist
See, I think if it just became who's sleeping with whom, then there's no reason to prefer one party over the other, 'cause the truth is we're all sinners.
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Martin Luther
German Leader
You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Roman Statesman
The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.
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Billy Graham
American Clergyman
We're all sinners. Everybody you meet all over the world is a sinner.
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Brigitte Bardot
French Actress
They may call me a sinner, but I am at peace with myself.
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Alan Watts
English Philosopher
Saints need sinners.
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