Synonyms of transgressions

transgressions

noun

plural of transgression

1

as in crimes

a breaking of a moral or legal code

acts that are transgressions against the laws of civilized societies everywhere

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crimes
• sins
• violations
• misdeeds
• wrongdoings
• felonies
• trespasses
• errors
• debts
• offenses
• misdoings
• breaches
• malefactions
• misdemeanors
• lawbreakings
• misconducts
• infringements
• corruptions
• foibles
• peccadilloes
• hate crimes
• iniquities
• abuses
• faults
• bias crimes
• immoralities
• depravities
• misfeasances
• debaucheries
• vices
• illegalities
• criminalities
• falls
• breaks
• downfalls
• descents

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• noncrimes
• innocences
• moralities
• impeccabilities
• virtues
• irreproachabilities

2

as in infringements

a failure to uphold the requirements of law, duty, or obligation

a dying woman asking for divine forgiveness for a lifetime of transgressions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• infringements
• violations
• infractions
• trespasses
• breaches
• contraventions
• sins
• offenses
• misdemeanors
• wrongs
• delinquencies
• intrusions
• disregards
• misprisions
• derelictions
• misconducts
• misfeasances
• invasions
• encroachments
• neglects
• nonobservances

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• observances
• noninfringements

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of transgressions

Establishment Democrats, too, are taking a victory lap, marrying Platner’s anti-establishment ethos with his personal transgressions. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 15 July 2026

Many of Paraguay’s transgressions could have ended in yellow cards, but did not and towards the end, France brought their own feistiness to the fore. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 7 July 2026

Monetary awards compensate these victims, deter future transgressions, and, by exposing systemic abuses of power, sometimes bring about meaningful reform. — Joel B. Rudin, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026

Yet the Supreme Court seeks to condemn America to relive those same transgressions, to undo decades of racial progress and to obstruct access to the ballot box. — Anthony G. Brown, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2026

But now, new information has inflamed the community, saying this axing was part of some plot to get back at Bungie for its transgressions against Sony. — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026

Campbell also believes that Sorsby's behavior doesn't rise to the level that would justify such action anyway, telling Dakich that schools have let players with much worse transgressions play. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 June 2026

This applies to both small transgressions as well as major ones. — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026

Narrative bookends from the present describe in personal embodied terms the meaning of these transgressions upon her. — Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 18 May 2026