transgression
IPA: trænzgrˈɛʃʌn
noun
- A violation of a law, duty or commandment.
- An act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries.
- (geology) A relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata.
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Examples of "transgression" in Sentences
- In the latter case it is a common transgression.
- No one noticed that he committed a transgression.
- Theological sin is a transgression of the eternal law.
- The boundaries of relational transgressions are permeable.
- Perhaps that was the correct punishment for my transgression.
- A statement of the problem is made, and the transgression discussed.