the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
<noun.act> the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father
the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata
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the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit
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Transgression \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.
In addition to the punishment for the compensation transgression, he said, the ministry has asked No. 1-ranked Nomura and No. 3-ranked Nikko to suspend sales activities at their main offices during the four-day period.
It can fine an ITV company a maximum of 3 per cent of its annual revenue for a first offence and up to 5 per cent for a subsequent transgression.
Once Mr. Owens's transgression was refusing to pick his assigned quota of cotton, prison records show. Another time, he was accused of not listening to the guards when he was hoeing corn.
Mr. Allick's transgression was that he needed a new mast on his sailboat and took longer to get his boat back in operation than the Park Service allowed.
Her transgression: an occasional olive or avocado.
One can certainly jump on Mr. Speakes for his apparent unawareness of the enormity of his transgression, at least to judge by the throwaway lines in which he described the dirty deed.