Definitions for: Transgression

[n] the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit
[n] the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle; "the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father"
[n] the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata

Webster (1913) Definition: Trans*gres"sion, n. [L. transgressio a going
across, going over, transgression of the law, from
transgredi, transgressus, to step across, go over; trans
over, across + gradi to step, walk: cf. F. transgression. See
Grade.]
The act of transgressing, or of passing over or beyond any
law, civil or moral; the violation of a law or known
principle of rectitude; breach of command; fault; offense;
crime; sin.

Forgive thy people . . . all their transgressions
wherein they have transgressed against thee. --I Kings
viii. 50.

What rests, but that the mortal sentence pass On his
transgression, death denounced that day ? --Milton.

The transgression is in the stealer. --Shak.

Syn: Fault; offense; crime; infringement; misdemeanor;
misdeed; affront; sin.

Synonyms: evildoing

See Also: abomination, action, actus reus, crime, depravity, evil, geological phenomenon, immorality, iniquity, inside job, law-breaking, misconduct, sin, sinning, terrorisation, terrorization, turpitude, vice, villainy, wickedness, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct

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