transgression

trans·gres·sion

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

Examples of TRANSGRESSION

1. <acts that are transgressions against the laws of civilized societies everywhere>
2. <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

Related Words: bias crime, hate crime; felony, misconduct, misdemeanor, misfeasance; fault, foible, peccadillo; break, infringement; immorality, iniquitousness, iniquity, sinfulness, vice, wickedness; corruption, debauchery, depravity, licentiousness; abuse, criminality, illegality, lawlessness, unlawfulness; descent, downfall, fall

Near Antonyms: blamelessness, faultlessness, guiltlessness, impeccability, innocence, irreproachability; goodness, morality, righteousness, virtue, virtuousness

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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