'Transgression' definitions:
Definition of 'transgression'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle; "the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father" [syn: transgression, evildoing]
noun
The spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata
noun
The action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit
Definition of 'Transgression'
From: GCIDE
- Transgression \Trans*gres"sion\, n. [L. transgressio a going across, going over, transgression of the law, from transgredi, transgressus, to step across, go over; trans over, across + gradi to step, walk: cf. F. transgression. See Grade.] The act of transgressing, or of passing over or beyond any law, civil or moral; the violation of a law or known principle of rectitude; breach of command; fault; offense; crime; sin. [1913 Webster]
- Forgive thy people . . . all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee. --I Kings viii. 50. [1913 Webster]
- What rests, but that the mortal sentence pass On his transgression, death denounced that day ? --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The transgression is in the stealer. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Fault; offense; crime; infringement; misdemeanor; misdeed; affront; sin. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'transgression'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- atrocity,
- bad faith,
- breach,
- breach of contract,
- breach of faith,
- breach of law,
- breach of privilege,
- breach of promise,
- breach of trust,
- breaking,
- civil disobedience,
- contravention,
- crime,
- crime against humanity,
- deadly sin,
- delinquency,
- dereliction,
- disobedience,
- encroachment,
- enormity,
- erring,
- error,
- evil,
- failure,
- fall from grace,
- fault,
- felony,
- frowardness,
- genocide,
- guilty act,
- heavy sin,
- impropriety,
- incursion,
- indiscipline,
- indiscretion,
- indocility,
- inexpiable sin,
- infraction,
- infringement,
- iniquity,
- injury,
- injustice,
- inroad,
- insubordination,
- intractability,
- intrusion,
- lapse,
- lawbreaking,
- lawlessness,
- malefaction,
- malfeasance,
- malum,
- minor wrong,
- misbehavior,
- misdeed,
- misdemeanor,
- misfeasance,
- mortal sin,
- naughtiness,
- noncompliance,
- nonconformity,
- noncooperation,
- nonfeasance,
- nonobedience,
- offense,
- omission,
- outrage,
- overstepping,
- passive resistance,
- peccadillo,
- peccancy,
- recusancy,
- sin,
- sin of commission,
- sin of omission,
- sinful act,
- slip,
- tort,
- trespass,
- trespassing,
- trip,
- uncooperativeness,
- unduteousness,
- undutifulness,
- unsubmissiveness,
- unutterable sin,
- usurpation,
- venial sin,
- violation,
- violation of law,
- waywardness,
- willful disobedience,
- wrong,
- wrongdoing