transgression
tranz gre shuhn
- n the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father - n the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata
- n the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit
- On a scale of 1 to HUD, Frank's transgression is a low single digit: there is no suggestion that he used his public office for personal gain.
- And China, while joining the call for its longtime friend and neighbor to face sanctions as punishment for its transgression, nonetheless added that such sanctions would have to be .
- What sort of transgression? PTI Correspondent Sandra Burton posed the question to Herbert Armstrong in a rare interview last week.