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Vinony

transgression

noun

  1. violation of a commitment, law, norm or other rule
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /trɑːnzˈɡrɛʃn/ / /tɹænsˈɡɹɛʃən/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English transgressioun, from Old French transgression, from Late Latin trānsgressiō, from Latin trānsgressus (perfect active participle of trānsgredior (“to step across”)) + -iō.

  1. A violation of a law, duty or commandment.

    “And Ioshua said vnto the people, Ye cannot serue the Lord: for hee is an holy God: he is a ielous God, he will not forgiue your transgressions nor your sinnes.”

  2. An act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries.
  3. A relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata.