sinners
Those who transgress
Sinners is the plural of sinner—people who have committed sins or transgressions against moral or religious law.
The word carries strong religious connotations, suggesting violation of divine commandments: We are all sinners in the eyes of God.
Outside religious contexts, sinner often appears ironically or affectionately: You old sinner, I knew you'd be here.
Those who do wrong
- transgressorsThose who break rules
- offendersThose who commit wrongs
- miscreantsWrongdoers or lawbreakers
- malefactorsThose who commit offenses
reprobates · wretches · scoundrels · villains · degenerates · trespassers · violators · wicked
Condemned to hell
- fallenHaving dropped down
- lost soulsSpiritually forsaken beings
- hellboundDestined for damnation
- unrepentantFeeling no remorse
backsliders · unbelievers · pagans · heathens · infidels · publicans · Pharisees · Sodom
Compensation for wrongdoing
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
forgiveness · salvation · reformation · conversion · reconciliation · purification · renewal · rebirth
Unauthorized entry onto property
- violationBreaking of rules
- offenseViolation or umbrage
- iniquityMoral wrongdoing, grave injustice
- wrongdoingUnethical or illegal action
misdeed · disobedience · infraction · breach · fall · temptation · forbidden · damnation
Guilt for wrongdoing
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- penitenceRemorse for misdeeds
- self-reproachBlaming oneself for wrongdoing
regret · conscience · compunction · self-condemnation · culpability · self-punishment · pangs · scruples
Intense carnal appetite
- gluttonyGreedy excess in consumption
- greedExcessive desire for wealth
- slothDisinclination to exert oneself
- envyResentful longing for another's
pride · wrath · avarice · debauchery · lechery · intemperance · licentiousness · fornication
evildoers
Those who do wrong
- transgressorsThose who break rules
- offendersThose who commit wrongs
- miscreantsWrongdoers or lawbreakers
malefactors · reprobates · wretches · scoundrels · villains · degenerates · trespassers · violators · wicked · ungodly
damned
Condemned to hell
- fallenHaving dropped down
- lost soulsSpiritually forsaken beings
- hellboundDestined for damnation
unrepentant · backsliders · unbelievers · pagans · heathens · infidels · publicans · Pharisees · Sodom · Gomorrah
atonement
Compensation for wrongdoing
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
absolution · forgiveness · salvation · reformation · conversion · reconciliation · purification · renewal · rebirth · penitent
trespass
Unauthorized entry onto property
wrongdoing · misdeed · disobedience · infraction · breach · fall · temptation · forbidden · damnation · perdition
remorse
Guilt for wrongdoing
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- penitenceRemorse for misdeeds
self-reproach · regret · conscience · compunction · self-condemnation · culpability · self-punishment · pangs · scruples · burden
lust
Intense carnal appetite
- gluttonyGreedy excess in consumption
- greedExcessive desire for wealth
- slothDisinclination to exert oneself
envy · pride · wrath · avarice · debauchery · lechery · intemperance · licentiousness · fornication · adultery
- infernohellfire, hellscape, brimstone, sulfur, limbo
- Judgment Dayjudgment day, final judgment, day of reckoning, doomsday, second coming
- tent revivaltent revival, camp meeting, altar call, altar calls, evangelist
- Islamic afterlifehereafter, reckoning, scales of justice, heaven and hell, eternal life
- UnderworldHades, Tartarus, netherworld, Sheol, Styx
- DanteDivine Comedy, Inferno, Dante, Paradiso, Beatrice
- sinner's prayerVerbal acceptance of faith