sin

péché

Action considérée comme mauvaise, notamment parce qu’elle enfreint les règles d’une religion.

En anglais simple : An action considered wrong, especially because it breaks religious rules.

• He asked forgiveness for his sins.
• Their religion considers stealing a sin.
• She confessed her sins to the priest.

Comment l'utiliser : sin against someone/something (They believed this was a sin against God.)

Synonymes : wrongdoing, offence

Expressions courantes : commit a sin, confess a sin, sin against god

faute, péché

Action que quelqu’un juge incorrecte ou très mauvaise.

En anglais simple : An action that someone considers wrong or very bad.

• Wasting this food would be a sin.
• His greatest sin was forgetting her birthday.
• They treated poor spelling as an unforgivable sin.

Comment l'utiliser : a sin to do something (It would be a sin to waste such good food.)

Synonymes : misdeed, wrong

Expressions courantes : a terrible sin, sin to waste, sin against taste

pécher

Faire quelque chose qui enfreint des règles religieuses ou qui est considéré comme moralement mauvais.

En anglais simple : To do something that breaks religious rules or is considered morally wrong.

• They believed they had sinned.
• She prayed for forgiveness after sinning.
• He said he had sinned against his neighbours.

Comment l'utiliser : sin against someone/something (He believed he had sinned against God.)

Synonymes : do wrong

Expressions courantes : sin against god, sin against someone