transgression
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noun \-ˈgre-shən\Definition of TRANSGRESSION
: an act, process, or instance of transgressing: as a : infringement or violation of a law, command, or duty b : the spread of the sea over land areas and the consequent unconformable deposit of sediments on older rocks
See Examples of TRANSGRESSION
- <acts that are transgressions against the laws of civilized societies everywhere>
- <a dying woman asking for divine forgiveness for a lifetime of transgressions>
First Known Use of TRANSGRESSION
14th century
Related to TRANSGRESSION
- Synonyms
- breach, crime, debt, error, lawbreaking, malefaction, misdeed, misdoing, sin, offense, trespass, violation, wrongdoing
- Antonyms
- noncrime
Rhymes with TRANSGRESSION
accession, aggression, bull session, compression, concession, confession, depression, digression, discretion, egression, expression, impression, ingression, jam session, obsession, oppression, precession, procession, profession, progression, recession, refreshen, regression, repression, secession, skull session, succession, suppression
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