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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
transgression
n : evil behavior [syn: {evildoing}]
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