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Synonyms for transgression
trænsˈgrɛʃ ən, trænz-trans·gres·sion
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
transgression
Sin is any lack of holiness, any defect of moral purity and truth, whether in heart or life, whether of commission or omission. "All unrighteousness is sin," 1 John v, 17. Transgression, as its etymology indicates, is the stepping over a specific enactment, whether of God or man, ordinarily by overt act, but in the broadest sense, in volition or desire. Sin may be either act or state; transgression is always an act, mental or physical. Crime is often used for a flagrant violation of right, but in the technical sense denotes specific violation of human law. Guilt is desert of and exposure to punishment because of sin. Depravity denotes not any action, but a perverted moral condition from which any act of sin may proceed. Sin in the generic sense, as denoting a state of heart, is synonymous with depravity; in the specific sense, as in the expression a sin, the term may be synonymous with transgression, crime, offense, misdeed, etc., or may denote some moral activity that could not be characterized by terms so positive. Immorality denotes outward violation of the moral law. Sin is thus the broadest word, and immorality next in scope; all crimes, properly so called, and all immoralities, are sins; but there may be sin, as ingratitude, which is neither crime, transgression, nor immorality; and there may be immorality which is not crime, as falsehood. Compare CRIMINAL.
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Synonyms:
crime, criminality, delinquency, depravity, evil, fault, guilt, ill-doing, immorality, iniquity, misdeed, offense, sin, ungodliness, unrighteousness, vice, viciousness, wickedness, wrong, wrong-doingAntonyms:
blamelessness, excellence, godliness, goodness, holiness, innocence, integrity, morality, purity, rectitude, right, righteousness, sinlessness, uprightness, virtue
Princeton's WordNet
transgression, evildoingnoun
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"
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evildoingtransgressionnoun
the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata
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evildoingtransgressionnoun
the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit
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evildoing
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
transgressionnoun
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infringement, violation, infraction, breach, non-observancetransgressionnoun
Synonyms:
sin, offence, crime, misdemeanor, misdeed, misdoing, fault, trespass, evil deed
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
transgressionnoun
Synonyms:
violation, infringement, infraction
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1673 | wrong | |
#2010 | crime | |
#2474 | vice | |
#3009 | evil | |
#3994 | sin | |
#4693 | violation | |
#5045 | fault | |
#7144 | offense | |
#9984 | infringement | |
#10353 | offence | |
#12311 | guilt | |
#24694 | delinquency | |
#39121 | wickedness | |
#40660 | iniquity | |
#47895 | transgression | |
#48402 | trespassing | |
#50217 | criminality | |
#52055 | immorality | |
#55791 | depravity | |
#95658 | unrighteousness | |
#136569 | viciousness | |
#188664 | ungodliness | |
#203844 | misdeed |
How to use transgression in a sentence?
The question is not whether he has taken donations from wealthy individuals, but instead whether he has received support from the very people he has attacked as being at the core of the corrupt campaign finance that funds Washington, hence, as with most scandals, the transgression is judged most harshly when it involves hypocrisy.
A kiss, is the physical transgression of the mental connection which has already taken place.
I dont look at it like a transgression at all, through that particular journey, I learned so much about myself and was able to really confront a lot of emotional immaturity [and] emotional insecurity.
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop:
To ignore it would be a serious international transgression.
He who carries out one good deed acquires one advocate in his own behalf, and he who commits one transgression acquires one accuser against himself. Repentance and good works are like a shield against calamity.
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- مخالفةArabic
- přestupekCzech
- overtrædelseDanish
- Überschreitung, Übertretung, Verstoß, Transgression, Gesetzesverstoß, Regelverstoß, RegelübertretungGerman
- παράβασηGreek
- transgresiónSpanish
- نافرمانیPersian
- rikkomus, rike, omavaltaisuus, transgressioFinnish
- brot, lógarbrotFaroese
- transgressionFrench
- transgresiónGalician
- kihágásHungarian
- afbrot, brot, lögbrot, áflæðiIcelandic
- עבירהHebrew
- 위반Korean
- praevaricationemLatin
- takahangaMalay
- overtredingDutch
- overtredelseNorwegian
- transgressãoPortuguese
- încălcare de lege, transgresiune, infracțiuneRomanian
- проступок, правонарушение, преступлениеRussian
- மீறுதல்Tamil
- אַוויירעYiddish
- 愆Chinese
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