sündigen — meaning in English

English meaning

• fault noun Responsibility for a mistake or wrongdoing.
• sin noun In religious terms, an act that breaks a moral or divine law.

Senses

sündigen is used for these senses in English:

• fault (intransitive) To commit a mistake or error.
• sin (intransitive, theology) To commit a sin.

fault — full definition

1. noun Responsibility for a mistake or wrongdoing.
2. noun A flaw, weakness, or shortcoming in a person, object, or system.
3. noun (geology) A fracture in rock along which the two sides have shifted relative to each other.
4. verb To find something wrong with, or blame, someone or something.

sin — full definition

1. noun In religious terms, an act that breaks a moral or divine law.
2. noun Informally, any wrongdoing, shameful act, or serious flaw.
3. verb To commit a sin; to act against moral or religious law.

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