live in sin

Idioms  

1. 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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live in sin

Aside from loud claims that the law forced Government employes to live in sin; feminists ardently opposed it because 50% of those dismissed on Section 213 were women.

From Time Magazine Archive

Louisiana Democrat Russell Long, floor manager for the tax bill, poked fun at the plan, claimed somewhat irrelevantly that it would help couples who live in sin.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nay, he did not only die for those who still live in sin, but he also makes intercession now at the throne of his Father's grace for them.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by Bunyan, John

But, after all, there are very many more than I have as yet mentioned, who wait for a time of repentance to come while at present they live in sin.

From Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII (of 8) by Newman, John Henry

I have heard Mr Bagnall speak of this doctrine, which he said was shocking and wicked, for it gave men licence to live in sin.

From Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow by Holt, Emily Sarah