Transgression Definition

trăns-grĕshən, trănz-
transgressions
noun
transgressions
The act or an instance of transgressing; breach of a law, duty, etc.
Webster's New World

The exceeding of due bounds or limits.

American Heritage

A relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata.

Wiktionary

An act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries.

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Other Word Forms of Transgression

Noun

Singular:
transgression
Plural:
transgressions

Origin of Transgression

  • Latin transgressus, from trans- (“over-") + gressus (“step")

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Transgression Sentence Examples

  • God then, who is love, delivers us from evil through Christ, who pays the penalty of our transgression to the enemy of God and man.

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

  • Not far behind Stefan, however, is his brother Damon (Ian Somerhalder of Lost), a vicious killer intent on torturing his brother for some transgression in their past.

  • If man is thought of as under the authority of God, any transgression of or want of conformity to the law of God is defined as sin.

  • Of the third point, on this you can't go back, Wilt thou take punishment for thy transgression?

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Words Starting With

TTRTRA

Words Ending With

NONION

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Words Starting With T and Ending With N

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