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transgression Definition

trans·gres·sion (--gres̸hən)

noun

the act or an instance of transgressing; breach of a law, duty, etc.; sin

transgression Synonyms

transgression

n.

misbehavior, trespass, infraction; see crime 1, sin, violation 1.

transgression Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • forgive: You will be restored, your transgression forgiven, the disgrace undone, and your life quite mended up again.
  • commit: The cause lies in certain opportunist transgressions committed in their practical work by the official leaders of the Communist Party of Poland.
  • punish: Mr Teague believed that the Sussex League were introducing a code of varying penalties to punish transgressions by players.
  • represent: The succession is interpreted as representing the latest Triassic transgression of the sea; this continued into the earliest Jurassic.
  • perceive: Perceived transgressions of such codes have led to the imprisonment and even killing of some women.

Adjective modifier

  • Holocene: Both of the latter types of deposits are rarely exposed at the sea bed, and probably pre-date the Holocene sea-level transgression.
  • marine: The presence of salt lakes and springs were also noted as evidence cited as evidence of marine transgressions.
  • sexual: The novel's main interest lies in her sexual transgressions rather than her work.
  • minor: Confinement to Barracks; usually for a minor transgression of Army Regulations.
  • actual: This is our original sin, the bitter root of all our actual transgressions, in thought, word, and deed.

Noun used with modifier

  • sea-level: Both of the latter types of deposits are rarely exposed at the sea bed, and probably pre-date the Holocene sea-level transgression.
  • thy: Of the third point, on this you can't go back, Wilt thou take punishment for thy transgression?

Possessives

  • man: God's order had been adversely affected by man's transgression of Yahweh's laws.

Preposition: of

  • boundary: He is known for his work on the transgression of boundaries, characteristically seen in his World Flag Ant Farm.
  • law: For we consider this pity of yours which insures our safety through transgression of the law to be more grievous than death itself.
  • rule: In the event of a serious transgression of the rules ( e.g.
  • sea: The succession is interpreted as representing the latest Triassic transgression of the sea; this continued into the earliest Jurassic.

Preposition: for

  • sake: I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
transgression Quotes

Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.

—Bible (NewTestament)