transgression
[trans-gresh-uh n, tranz-]
- an act of transgressing; violation of a law, command, etc.; sin.
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Origin of transgression
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin trānsgressiōn- (stem of trānsgressiō) a stepping across. See transgress, -ion
Synonym study
See breach.
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infringement, infraction, lapse, misdemeanor, crime, misdeed, wrongdoing, error, breach, fault, sin, disobedience, vice, iniquity, encroachment, contravention, trespass, wrong, slip, defianceExamples from the Web for transgression
Contemporary Examples
Every page would carry its own proof of transgression, and thus its own guarantee of detection.
Compliments Are Nice, but Enough With the Cormac McCarthy ComparisonsWilliam Giraldi
October 21, 2014
It takes a transgression with real bite to inspire a furor of this intensity—Brangelina burn Jennifer!
Risk, transgression, mockery, rebellion—these are the revving motors of fun.
The sister in question had never apologized to her sibling for this transgression.
It gives a pleasant sense of transgression, of really being in the nitty-gritty.
Historical Examples
Unbelief was also a probable concomitant in this transgression.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. IFrancis Augustus Cox
Your transgression will be forgiven you since you have confessed and testify your horror for it.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
I will show them wherein they have erred, and that transgression stands in the way to life.
BunyanJames Anthony Froude
Marianne, recognizing how serious was the transgression, wished to scold him.
FruitfulnessEmile Zola
His transgression had destroyed his faith, and then dogma had tottered.
Abbe Mouret's TransgressionEmile Zola
transgression
- a breach of a law, etc; sin or crime
- the act or an instance of transgressing
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Word Origin and History for transgression
n.
late 14c., from Old French transgression (12c.), from Late Latin transgressionem (nominative transgressio) "a transgression of the law," in classical Latin, "a going over," from transgressus, past participle of transgredi "go beyond," from trans- "across" (see trans-) + gradi (past participle gressus) "to walk, go" (see grade).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
transgression
[trăns-grĕsh′ən]
- A relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata. The sequence of sedimentary strata formed by transgressions and regressions provides information about the changes in sea level during a particular geologic time. Compare regression.
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