English noun: transgression |
1. | transgression (act) the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle |
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| Samples | The boy was punished for the transgressions of his father.
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| Synonyms | evildoing |
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| Broader (hypernym) | actus reus, misconduct, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | abomination, crime, crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, depravity, evil, immorality, iniquity, inside job, law-breaking, offence, offense, sin, sinning, terrorisation, terrorization, turpitude, vice, villainy, wickedness |
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2. | transgression (phenomenon) the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata |
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| Broader (hypernym) | geological phenomenon |
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3. | transgression (act) the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit |
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| Broader (hypernym) | action |
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