transgression.
A violation of a law, duty or commandment.
Meaning & usage
A violation of a law, duty or commandment.
An act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries.
A relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English transgressioun, from Old French transgression, from Late Latin trānsgressiō, from Latin trānsgressus (perfect active participle of trānsgredior (“to step across”)) + -iō.
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