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transgression

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /trɑːnzˈɡrɛʃn/
  • /tɹænsˈɡɹɛʃən/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A violation of a law, duty or commandment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: misdoing, offense, wrongdoing, crime, delict, delinquency, error, malfeasance, misdeed, misdemeanor, peccadillo, sin, tort, tortfeasance, transgression, veniality, villainy, wrong

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: action

5

noun

Meaning 5

the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: evildoing

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus

Narrower terms: abomination, evil, immorality, wickedness, iniquity, villainy, depravity, turpitude, vice, sin, sinning, terrorization, terrorisation, crime, offense, criminal offense, criminal offence, offence, law-breaking, inside job

6

noun

Meaning 6

the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: geological phenomenon

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: መጣስ (mäṭas) — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Catalan: transgressió — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Czech: přestupek — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Danish: overtrædelse — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Dutch: overtreding — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Faroese: brot — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Faroese: lógarbrot — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Finnish: rikkomus — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Finnish: rike — violation of a law, command or duty
  • French: infraction — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Galician: transgresión — violation of a law, command or duty
  • German: Transgression — violation of a law, command or duty
  • German: Verstoß — violation of a law, command or duty
  • German: Übertretung — violation of a law, command or duty
  • German: Überschreitung — violation of a law, command or duty
  • German: Gesetzesverstoß — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌸𐍃 (missadēþs) — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Greek: παράβαση (parávasi) — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Hindi: उल्लंघन (ullaṅghan) — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Hungarian: kihágás — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Icelandic: brot — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Icelandic: afbrot — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Icelandic: lögbrot — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Italian: trasgressione — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Latin: delinquentia — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Māori: takahanga — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Middle English: transgressioun — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Norn: brut — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Persian: نافرمانی (nâfarmâni) — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Plautdietsch: Äwaträdunk — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Portuguese: transgressão — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Romanian: infracțiune — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Russian: просту́пок (prostúpok) — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Russian: преступле́ние (prestuplénije) — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Russian: правонаруше́ние (pravonarušénije) — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Sanskrit: आगस् (āgas) — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Spanish: transgresión — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Swedish: överträdelse — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Turkish: ihlal — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Ukrainian: просту́пок (prostúpok) — violation of a law, command or duty
  • Finnish: omavaltaisuus — act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
  • Galician: transgresión — act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
  • German: Verstoß — act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
  • German: Übertretung — act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
  • German: Regelverstoß — act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
  • German: Regelübertretung — act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
  • Hindi: उल्लंघन (ullaṅghan) — act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
  • Hindi: अतिक्रमण (atikramaṇ) — act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
  • Polish: transgresja — act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
  • Polish: wykroczenie — act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
  • Romanian: abatere — act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
  • Ukrainian: просту́пок (prostúpok) — act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
  • Finnish: transgressio — relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata
  • French: transgression — relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata
  • Icelandic: áflæði — relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata
  • Polish: transgresja — relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata
  • Romanian: transgresiune — relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata