LIVE IN SIN Definition & Meaning

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Cohabit outside marriage, as in Bill and Anne lived in sin for years before they got married . This term, dating from the early 1800s, is mostly used in a jocular fashion today, when customs and views are more liberal in this regard. Also see live together .

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“Would they rather we live in sin?”

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The ride-hailing company’s new Transit feature is going live in Sin City where residents and gamblers alike can use their Uber app to buy tickets for the city’s bus system.

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Rachael said, “Or we could live in sin, except that I’m not alive.”

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They spoke of the decline of family values and the “natural” way of life: abortion, gay soldiers demanding to live openly, the young rejecting marriage in order to live in sin – all indicators of the tribulation to come.

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“The government makes you live in sin,” she said.

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