اثم

5 تأثّم ذ He abstained from what is termed اـِثْمٌ [i. e. sin, or crime, &c.]; (T, S, M, Msb, K;) like تَحَرَّجَ meaning “ he preserved himself from what is termed حَرَجٌ: ” (Msb:) or he did a work, or deed, whereby he escaped from what is termed اـِثْمٌ: (TA:) and he repented of what is so termed, (M, K,) and begged forgiveness of it; as though he removed the اـِثْم itself by repentance and by begging forgiveness; or sought to do so by those two means. (M.) You say also, تأثّم مِنْ كَذَا He abstained from such a thing as a sin, or crime; syn. تَحَّنَثَ, q. v. (S, K, in art. حنث.)