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as in violation
a breaking of a moral or legal code
acts that are transgressions against the laws of civilized societies everywhere
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as in infringement
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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Recent Examples of transgression
This franchise was once labeled the Jail Blazers for an era in the early 2000s that included transgressions of marijuana use, dogfighting, domestic abuse, fighting and drag racing.
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Jason Quick, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Residents packed city chambers to express their disappointment in council members’ transgressions, seek more transparency and call for better behavior.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2025
These audiences have tried to make legacy media outlets pay for their pro-Trump transgressions, with some success.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2025
An act of violence so heinous as that which took Kruglov’s life marks a sharp break in that social contract unlike many, or any, other transgressions could.
—Denver Nicks, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
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Jason Quick, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Residents packed city chambers to express their disappointment in council members’ transgressions, seek more transparency and call for better behavior.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2025
These audiences have tried to make legacy media outlets pay for their pro-Trump transgressions, with some success.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2025
An act of violence so heinous as that which took Kruglov’s life marks a sharp break in that social contract unlike many, or any, other transgressions could.
—Denver Nicks, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transgression
Noun
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Among those scheduled to testify at the hearing for the government were an Oklahoma couple who were storing some of Goudreau's belongings, including two assault rifles an associate recently tried to retrieve in possible violation of a court order against possessing firearms while on bond.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Nov. 2025
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The denial letter said Farzam was convicted of making a false statement to the DMV and a registration violation.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
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Three Twitch streamers are currently facing copyright-infringement lawsuits from a popular YouTuber.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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The company recently rolled out Sora 2, its most advanced video generation model, which ran into immediate copyright infringement issues and drew criticism after it was used to create deepfakes of historical figures including Martin Luther King Jr.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2025
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The crimes with which she has been charged are trumped up and her arrest is a cynical ploy by the junta headed by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to cling onto power.—
Kim Aris,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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Rafael is a crime and breaking news reporter at the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Nov. 2025
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The tragic death of the Sepulveda family patriarch calls his descendants back to Villa Sepulveda, a Spanish colonial manor in a coconut plantation; but a landslide traps the guests inside, transforming the funeral plans into a supernatural reckoning of sins.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Once, there were two sweet kids who came of age in the evangelical purity culture of the 1990’s, a world in which being LGBTQ+ or accepting anyone who was gay was seen as a sin that could send you straight to hell.—
Kelly Foster Lundquist,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Transgression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transgression. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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