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Transgression

//tɹænsˈɡɹɛʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A violation of a law, duty or commandment. countable, uncountable

    "And Ioshua said vnto the people, Ye cannot serue the Lord: for hee is an holy God: he is a ielous God, he will not forgiue your transgressions nor your sinnes."

  2. 2
    the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit wordnet
  3. 3
    An act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle wordnet
  5. 5
    A relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English transgressioun, from Old French transgression, from Late Latin trānsgressiō, from Latin trānsgressus (perfect active participle of trānsgredior (“I step across”)) + -iō.

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