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TRANSGRESSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("transgression" is a kind of...):
action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))
Derivation:
transgress (pass beyond (limits or boundaries))
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
Example:
the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father
Synonyms:
evildoing; transgression
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("transgression" is a kind of...):
actus reus; misconduct; wrongdoing; wrongful conduct (activity that transgresses moral or civil law)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transgression"):
abomination (an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence)
evil; immorality; iniquity; wickedness (morally objectionable behavior)
villainy (a criminal or vicious act)
depravity; turpitude (a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice)
vice (a specific form of evildoing)
sin; sinning (an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will)
terrorisation; terrorization (an act of terrorism)
offence; offense (a transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right)
crime (an evil act not necessarily punishable by law)
inside job (some transgression committed with the assistance of someone trusted by the victim)
Derivation:
transgress (commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law)
transgress (act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("transgression" is a kind of...):
geological phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth)
Derivation:
transgress (spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline)
