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transgression
noun
1 transgression
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.
synonym: evildoing.
Roget 927:
dereliction of duty;
fault
etc.
(guilt)
947;
sin
etc.
(vice)
945;
non-observance,
non-performance;
neglect,
relaxation,
infraction,
violation,
transgression,
failure,
evasion;
dead letter.
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Roget 947:
guilt,
guiltiness;
culpability;
criminality,
criminousness†;
deviation from rectitude
etc.
(improbity)
940†;
sinfulness
etc.
(vice)
945.
misconduct,
misbehavior,
misdoing,
misdeed;
malpractice,
fault,
sin,
error,
transgression;
dereliction,
delinquency;
indiscretion,
lapse,
slip,
trip,
faux pas [Fr.],
peccadillo;
flaw,
blot,
omission;
failing,
failure;
break,
bad break! [U.S.],
capital crime,
delictum [Lat.].
offense,
trespass;
misdemeanor,
misfeasance,
misprision;
malefaction,
malfeasance,
malversation;
crime,
felony.
enormity,
atrocity,
outrage;
deadly sin,
mortal sin;
deed without a name"
[Macbeth].
corpus delicti.
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Roget 773:
nonobservance
etc.
772;
evasion,
inobservance,
failure,
omission,
neglect,
laches [Law],
laxity,
informality.
infringement,
infraction;
violation,
transgression;
piracy.
retraction,
retractation†,
repudiation,
nullification;
protest;
forfeiture.
lawlessness;
disobedience
etc.
742;
bad faith
etc.
940.
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Roget 303:
transcursion†,
transiliency†,
transgression;
trespass;
encroachment,
infringement;
extravagation†,
transcendence;
redundancy
etc.
641.
Dutch: overschrijding
Polish: wykroczenie
2 transgression
The spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata.
Polish: transgresja, transgresja morza
3 transgression
The action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit.
Polish: transgresja
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