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Synonyms & Antonyms of transgression
1
a breaking of a moral or legal code
- acts that are transgressions against the laws of civilized societies everywhere
Synonyms for transgression
- breach,
- crime,
- debt,
- error,
- lawbreaking,
- malefaction,
- misdeed,
- misdoing,
- offense
- (or offence),
- sin,
- trespass,
- violation,
- wrongdoing
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2
a failure to uphold the requirements of law, duty, or obligation
- a dying woman asking for divine forgiveness for a lifetime of transgressions
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The first known use of transgression was in the 14th century
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