Transgression

//tɹænsˈɡɹɛʃən// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

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

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atrocitybad faithbreachbreach of contractbreach of faithbreach of law

Example

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"Plagiarism is a serious transgression of academic ethics."

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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