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Definition of Transgression

1. Noun. 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"

2. Noun. The spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata.

3. Noun. The action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit.

Definition of Transgression

1. n. 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.

Definition of Transgression

1. Noun. A violation of a law, command or duty ¹

2. Noun. An act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries ¹

3. Noun. A relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Transgression

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Transgression

transglycosidases transglycosidation transglycosylase transglycosylases transglycosylate transglycosylated transglycosylates transglycosylation transglycosylations transgranular

transgress transgressed transgresses transgresseth transgressing transgression (current term) transgressional transgressions transgressive transgressively

transgressiveness transgressor transgressors transgressour transhape transhaped transhapes transhaping transhiatal transhiatal oesophagectomy

Literary usage of Transgression

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"Then will I visit their transgression 12. he removed our transgressions 17. Fools because of their transgression, 12. love covereth all sins. ..."

2. Bibliotheca Sacra and Theological Review (1873)
"impulse, this is of his origination, and the transgression is his sin ; and he only, and not the tempter, must stand chargeable for it. ..."

3. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1841)
"sin being but a transgression of the law, there Bishop's ri-plv .. ,.,. npon the can be no action made sin but by the law. There- fore this opinion, ..."

4. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin (1844)
"But the rule of judging of unrighteousness is very different. For he who has committed fornication or theft, is for one transgression liable to ..."

5. Sermons and Sketches of Sermons by Richard Watson (1857)
"I. The first of the results of Messiah's coming and death here enumerated is, " to finish the transgression." The word " finish," here used, signifies to ..."

6. Lectures on the Moral Government of God by Nathaniel William Taylor (1859)
"For aught that appears, he is as well satisfied with transgression and repentance, as with uninterrupted and perfect obedience. Is such a ruler entitled to ..."

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