Meanings
plural transgressions
- countableuncountableA 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.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 24:19Synonyms: misdoing, offense, wrongdoing, crime, delict, delinquency, error, malfeasance
- countableuncountableAn act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries.
- countableuncountablegeographyA relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA violation of a law, duty or commandment.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latintrānsgressus
- Late Latintrānsgressiō
- Old Frenchtransgression
- Middle Englishtransgressioun
- Englishtransgression
From Middle English transgressioun, from Old French transgression, from Late Latin trānsgressiō, from Latin trānsgressus (perfect active participle of trānsgredior (“to step across”)) + -iō.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan transgressió
- transgressióviolation of a law, command or duty
Czech přestupek
- přestupekviolation of a law, command or duty
Danish overtrædelse
- overtrædelseviolation of a law, command or duty
Dutch overtreding
- overtredingviolation of a law, command or duty
Finnish rikkomus, rike
- rikkomusviolation of a law, command or duty
- rikeviolation of a law, command or duty
- omavaltaisuusact that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
- transgressiorelative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata
French infraction, transgression
- infractionviolation of a law, command or duty
- transgressionrelative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata
German Transgression, Verstoß
- Transgressionviolation of a law, command or duty
- Verstoßviolation of a law, command or duty
- Übertretungviolation of a law, command or duty
- Überschreitungviolation of a law, command or duty
- Gesetzesverstoßviolation of a law, command or duty
- Verstoßact that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
- Übertretungact that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
- Regelverstoßact that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
- Regelübertretungact that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
Greek παράβαση
- παράβαση (parávasi)violation of a law, command or duty
Hindi उल्लंघन, अतिचार
- उल्लंघन (ullaṅghan)violation of a law, command or duty
- अतिचार (aticār)violation of a law, command or duty
- अतिक्रम (atikram)violation of a law, command or duty
- उल्लंघन (ullaṅghan)act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
- अतिक्रमण (atikramaṇ)act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
- अतिक्रम (atikram)act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
- अतिचार (aticār)act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
Hungarian kihágás
- kihágásviolation of a law, command or duty
Icelandic brot, afbrot
- brotviolation of a law, command or duty
- afbrotviolation of a law, command or duty
- lögbrotviolation of a law, command or duty
- áflæðirelative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata
Italian trasgressione
- trasgressioneviolation of a law, command or duty
Latin delinquentia
- delinquentiaviolation of a law, command or duty
Māori takahanga
- takahangaviolation of a law, command or duty
Persian نافرمانی
- نافرمانی (nâfarmâni)violation of a law, command or duty
Polish transgresja, transgresja
- transgresjaviolation of a law, command or duty
- transgresjaact that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
- wykroczenieact that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
- transgresjarelative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata
Portuguese transgressão
- transgressãoviolation of a law, command or duty
Romanian infracțiune, abatere
- infracțiuneviolation of a law, command or duty
- abatereact that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
- transgresiunerelative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata
Russian просту́пок, преступле́ние
- просту́пок (prostúpok)violation of a law, command or duty
- преступле́ние (prestuplénije)violation of a law, command or duty
- правонаруше́ние (pravonarušénije)violation of a law, command or duty
Spanish transgresión
- transgresiónviolation of a law, command or duty
Swedish överträdelse
- överträdelseviolation of a law, command or duty
Turkish ihlal
- ihlalviolation of a law, command or duty
Ukrainian просту́пок, просту́пок
- просту́пок (prostúpok)violation of a law, command or duty
- просту́пок (prostúpok)act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
Cite this entry
transgression. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transgression
“transgression.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transgression. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transgression,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transgression.
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