sinning

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Crusaders came to expect standard privileges like the indulgence, a means to reduce the penance owed for sinning by giving money directly to the church or paying for masses or other clerical services.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

He insists he is a man more sinned against than sinning and is working with lawyers to clear his name.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2021

In both lore and real life, physical differences have been read as warnings of danger, symbols of evil, or evidence of sinning or witchcraft.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2020

And as he tells The Envelope, he’s not interested in examining or lingering on his past roles, but he does have a lot to say about religion, taking things seriously, and sinning with bread.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2020

The man laughed and said, “A preacher what owns up to sinning, huh? Ain’t heard of no such man in these parts. Naw, that would’ve stuck with me.”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis