Definition of
transgression has definitions from the field of geology
1
[ noun ] the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle

Synonyms

evildoing

Examples

"the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father"

Used in print

(Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)

Again , the sufferings and disasters produced by any transgression against the commandment not to love are almost invariably associated in one way or another with childhood , with the figure of a child .

Related terms

wrongdoing crime sin evil crime inside_job depravity abomination vice terrorization villainy sin

2
[ noun ] (geology) the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata

Related terms

geological_phenomenon transgress

3
[ noun ] the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit

Related terms

action transgress

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Rhymes with

aggression digression regression nonaggression progression discretion indiscretion freshen integration migration disintegration immigration emigration conflagration erection grecian compression expression decompression oppression suppression depression repression impression ration ration repossession possession infraction contraction session russian encryption elongation narration negation hessian confession intercession recession procession concession question profession precession contraption friction nation traction fraction destruction obstruction construction constriction restriction deconstruction instruction reconstruction objection injection westernization concentration mechanization immunization organisation demonization stalinization desalinization communization reorganization organization harmonization demonstration dehumanization ionization christianization translation urbanization americanization unionization disorganization modernization colonization ashen exemption succession accession subtraction retraction diffraction abstraction distraction attraction extraction transaction confection connection resurrection disinfection disconnection interconnection convection inflection infection inspection obligation menstruation conscription conjugation congregation retardation variation croatian litigation ligation abrogation deformation subscription resignation delegation interrogation demarcation description designation desegregation deportation repatriation disembarkation transcription navigation starvation malformation embarkation stagnation eruption prescription reincarnation expatriation exertion recreation expropriation disruption fumigation procreation miscreation appropriation creation propagation formation irrigation proscription carnation impregnation indignation importation investigation incarnation segregation nonprescription information mitigation allegation instigation inscription misappropriation exhortation consecration interjection desecration ejection rejection projection conception contention convention contrition preconception exemption invention homogenization misconception inception obsession secession intercession oration transmission cushion section titian fission mission conduction conviction nonfiction infliction induction substantiation mention pension

Phonetic and Homophones

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Similar Spelling

transgress transgressor transmission transfiguration transition transshipment transpiration transvestic transversus transfigure transformation Transportation transvestite transvestism transitional transverse_sinus transfusion transmigration transferee translation transaction transverse transparentness transitionally transversalis transvestitism transpirate transporter transposition transposon transudation transformer transformed transversal transferrer transverse_colon transferase transduction transactions

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