Flaw
Flaw noun - Something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing.
Sin
Sin noun - A defect in character.
Usage example: my besetting sin is impatience—I hate to wait for anything
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| human | human flaw | human sin |
| good | good flaw | good sin |
| particular | particular flaw | particular sin |
| common | common flaw | common sin |
| Other adjectives: single, actual, real, big, great, grievous, serious, huge, little, bad, terrible, main, personal, new, major, possible, minor, worst, next, greatest, respective, biggest. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Jigsaw in the Saw movies would arrange a Death Trap for each of his victims reflecting the flaw or sin that they embodied; as he was a Knight Templar who wanted to make people "better" than they were, the traps were arranged so that only by overcoming the punished flaw could they escape.
Source: Poetic Serial Killer - A Franchise Original Sin is a flaw that in earlier, good installments was kept under control to the point of not really being a flaw, but goes out of hand and becomes apparent in later installments.
Source: Franchise Original Sin - He calls compassion towards other people a "natural sin" and morality a human flaw.
Source: Virtue Is Weakness
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