different between sinful vs expurgation

English

Etymology

From Middle English sinful, synful, senful, sunful, from Old English synful (“sinful, guilty, wicked, corrupt”), equivalent to sin +? -ful. Cognate with Dutch zondevol (“sinful”), German sündevoll (“sinful”), Danish syndefuld (“sinful”), Swedish syndfull (“sinful”), Icelandic syndfullur (“sinful”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?nf?l/

Adjective

sinful (comparative more sinful, superlative most sinful)

1. constituting a sin; being morally or religiously wrong; wicked; evil

   Antonym: sinless

2. (colloquial) decadent (luxuriously self-indulgent)

Derived terms

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

expurgation (countable and uncountable, plural expurgations)

1. The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

expurgation f (plural expurgations)

1. expurgation

Further reading

• “expurgation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).