Synonyms for transgression
trænsˈgrɛʃ ən, trænz-trans·gres·sion

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1. transgression

   Sin is any lack of holiness, any defect of moral purity and truth, whether in heart or life, whether of commission or omission. "All unrighteousness is sin," 1 John v, 17. Transgression, as its etymology indicates, is the stepping over a specific enactment, whether of God or man, ordinarily by overt act, but in the broadest sense, in volition or desire. Sin may be either act or state; transgression is always an act, mental or physical. Crime is often used for a flagrant violation of right, but in the technical sense denotes specific violation of human law. Guilt is desert of and exposure to punishment because of sin. Depravity denotes not any action, but a perverted moral condition from which any act of sin may proceed. Sin in the generic sense, as denoting a state of heart, is synonymous with depravity; in the specific sense, as in the expression a sin, the term may be synonymous with transgression, crime, offense, misdeed, etc., or may denote some moral activity that could not be characterized by terms so positive. Immorality denotes outward violation of the moral law. Sin is thus the broadest word, and immorality next in scope; all crimes, properly so called, and all immoralities, are sins; but there may be sin, as ingratitude, which is neither crime, transgression, nor immorality; and there may be immorality which is not crime, as falsehood. Compare CRIMINAL.

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   Synonyms:
   crime, criminality, delinquency, depravity, evil, fault, guilt, ill-doing, immorality, iniquity, misdeed, offense, sin, ungodliness, unrighteousness, vice, viciousness, wickedness, wrong, wrong-doing

   Antonyms:
   blamelessness, excellence, godliness, goodness, holiness, innocence, integrity, morality, purity, rectitude, right, righteousness, sinlessness, uprightness, virtue

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1. transgression

   Synonyms:
   offence, fault, sin, crime

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1. transgression, evildoingnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   evildoing

2. transgressionnoun

   the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata

   Synonyms:
   evildoing

3. transgressionnoun

   the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit

   Synonyms:
   evildoing

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1. transgressionnoun

   Synonyms:
   infringement, violation, infraction, breach, non-observance

2. transgressionnoun

   Synonyms:
   sin, offence, crime, misdemeanor, misdeed, misdoing, fault, trespass, evil deed

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1. transgressionnoun

   Synonyms:
   violation, infringement, infraction

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1. List of paraphrases for "transgression":

   violation, infringement, trespassing

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How to use transgression in a sentence?

1. Mangabeira Unger:

   Not even her worst adversaries have accused her of any moral transgression.

2. Tianjin Port No. 5:

   This matter was caused completely by the illegal operations of the agent and a related downstream trader and the port company did not itself sign...or participate in any unauthorised cargo release, hence, the port company was not involved in any transgression. Furthermore, to protect its legal rights, the port company has already initiated legal proceedings.

3. Will Smith:

   I dont look at it like a transgression at all, through that particular journey, I learned so much about myself and was able to really confront a lot of emotional immaturity [and] emotional insecurity.

4. Tanielle Naus:

   A kiss, is the physical transgression of the mental connection which has already taken place.

5. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop:

   To ignore it would be a serious international transgression.