Transgression

/tɹænsˈɡɹɛʃən/

Synonyms for "transgression" (143 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (29)

atrocitybad faithbreachbreach of contractbreach of faithbreach of lawbreach of privilegebreach of promisebreach of trustbreakingcivil disobediencecontraventioncrimecrime against humanitydeadly sindelinquencyderelictiondeviationdisobedience

Strong matches (43)

Related words (71)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

9 entries
actionactus reusgeological phenomenonimmoralitymisconductnoncomplianceviolationwrongdoingwrongful conduct

More specific

12 entries
blasphemybreachbreach of contractbreach of etiquettecrimedelinquencyfaux pasfiduciary breachinfractionnorm violationsacrilegetreaty violation

Collocations

6 entries
ethical transgressionlegal transgressionminor transgressionmoral transgressionserious transgressionsocial transgression

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

5 entries

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Transgression was normal.

Source: tatoeba (3134467)

Plagiarism is a serious transgression of academic ethics.

Source: tatoeba (5363985)

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.

Source: wiktionary

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