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transgression

[trans-gresh-uhn, tranz-]

noun

  1. an act of transgressing; violation of a law, command, etc.; sin.



transgression

/ ٰæԳˈɡɛʃə /

noun

  1. a breach of a law, etc; sin or crime

  2. the act or an instance of transgressing

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • nontransgression noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of transgression1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin ٰԲō-, stem of ٰԲō “passage across, transition, violation”; equivalent to transgress + -ion
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Synonym Study

See breach.
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The situation worsens when LLIAM, appalled by how its work has been misused, turns the tables by revealing users’ sins and transgressions in a series of letters sent to victims that begin: “We must confess.”

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Tran was bullied online and cut from a music television program for her “transgression.”

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Bondi’s latest ethical transgression has not yet made it to court, but it likely will.

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Which means any transgression in the next two races in Canada and Austria, and Verstappen will be forced to miss the next grand prix.

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Many refuse to excuse her most egregious transgressions, nevertheless.

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