Definition of transgression

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Transgression (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..

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Excess :: Excess (n.) An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or course of life; to reform.
Sally :: Sally (v.) Transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade.
Venial :: Venial (a.) Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable; pardonable; as, a venial fault or transgression..
Contravention :: Contravention (n.) The act of contravening; opposition; obstruction; transgression; violation.
Penitent :: Penitent (n.) One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.
Penance :: Penance (n.) A means of repairing a sin committed, and obtaining pardon for it, consisting partly in the performance of expiatory rites, partly in voluntary submission to a punishment corresponding to the transgression. Penance is the fourth of seven sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church..
Remission :: Remission (n.) Discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression; release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc..
Escape :: Escape (n.) That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression..
Knight Marshal :: Knight marshal () An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties..
Error :: Error (n.) A moral offense; violation of duty; a sin or transgression; iniquity; fault.
Unlaw :: Unlaw (n.) Any transgression or offense against the law.
Trespass :: Trespass (v.) Any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any violation of a known rule of duty; sin.
Peccant :: Peccant (a.) Sinning; guilty of transgression; criminal; as, peccant angels..
Delict :: Delict (n.) An offense or transgression against law; (Scots Law) an offense of a lesser degree; a misdemeanor.
Violation :: Violation (n.) Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc..
Deviation :: Deviation (n.) The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
Digression :: Digression (n.) A turning aside from the right path; transgression; offense.
Sin :: Sin (n.) To depart voluntarily from the path of duty prescribed by God to man; to violate the divine law in any particular, by actual transgression or by the neglect or nonobservance of its injunctions; to violate any known rule of duty; -- often followed by against..
Transgressional :: Transgressional (a.) Of pertaining to transgression; involving a transgression.
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