Transgression : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Transgression	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
transgression 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" Synonym(s): transgression, evildoing the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Transgression \Transgres"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.