averah

English

Alternative forms

• avera, aveira, aveirah, aveyrah

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew עֲבֵרָה ('averah).

Noun

averah (plural averot or averoth or averos)

1. (Judaism) A sin.
   • 2009 June 18, Lizz Holmans, “Is Christianity, jealous and proud of it, petty, vindictive, unjust, unforgiving, racist, an ethnic cleanser urging His people on to acts of genocide & child abuse…”, in sci.skeptic‎ (Usenet):

     It's an averah to tell a lie, even if it would benefit us.