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transgression
Meaning: an act that violates a law, rule, or moral standard
transgression in a sentence
How transgression is used in real sentences:
The school treated plagiarism as a serious transgression.
She admitted the transgression and offered to repair the damage.
“Velez objected that concealing a known bias would be a scientific transgression, because researchers depended on the published uncertainty estimates.”
— from the passage The Drift Above
Synonyms for transgression
Other words for transgression — offense, violation and wrongdoing — carry the same meaning.
- offense
- violation
- wrongdoing
Antonyms of transgression
Words that mean the opposite of transgression:
- obedience
- compliance
- virtue
Where it comes from
From Latin transgredi, meaning 'to step across.'
Memory hook
TRANS-GRESSION means 'step across': a transgression crosses a moral or legal line.
Practice transgression in the app