sin of commission
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsinandcommission
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sin
noun[C or U]
uk/sɪn/us/sɪn/
the offence of breaking, or the breaking of, a religious or ...
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commission
noun
uk/kəˈmɪʃ.ən/us/kəˈmɪʃ.ən/
a group of people who have been formally chosen to discover information about a problem or examine the reasons why the ...
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(Definition ofsinandcommissionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsin of commission
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Thesinofcommissionseems far worse than the sin of omission.
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That is asinofcommission.
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There is onesinofcommissionthat cannot go unmentioned.
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That is asinofcommission, not a sin of omission.
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There is thesinofcommissionand there is the sin of omission.
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But you must not turn round and blame me for somesinofcommissionfor which you have been responsible.
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So far as these are sins of commission, the reference to neglect cannot affect them, because you cannot commit asinofcommissionby neglect.
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First, they have been guilty of asinofcommission, in regard to the regulations which govern the granting of licences for aerodromes.
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It will not happen deliberately, but if there is a sin of omission rather than asinofcommission, it will be a great sin.
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I was asked to come here in a white sheet and apologise, and all the rest of it, for some greatsinofcommissionor omission.
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The boys about whom we are talking, particularly the three in my constituency, if guilty of anything, are guilty of the sin of partial omission, not thesinofcommission.
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