transgression
Americannoun
noun
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a breach of a law, etc; sin or crime
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the act or an instance of transgressing
Related Words
See breach.
Other Word Forms
- nontransgression noun
Etymology
Origin of transgression
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin trānsgressiōn-, stem of trānsgressiō “passage across, transition, violation”; equivalent to transgress + -ion
Example Sentences
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His pairing of white socks and yellow Crocs stood out as a particular stylistic transgression.
Are you trying to give people some kind of communal moment of transgression?
The forest becomes a Garden of Eden, marred by human transgressions.
She maintains a nuanced sense of humanity’s transgressions and innocence, without demonizing or idealizing either side.
From Los Angeles Times
But is that duality of reaping the business benefits while pushing on the human rights transgressions, even possible?
From BBC
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