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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.
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  • Benigno Aquino III in Inquirer.net
    They will be collators of data, evidence, the proof as to who committed what and what transgression of our laws was committed,he said.
  • Gerald Ford in Forbes
    I don't think it's a terrible transgression as far as being an operation of the White House (but) I would never do it,Ford said. "It surprises me they worry that they think they have to do it. I was dumbfounded when I heard they were. I...
  • Ninoy Aquino in GMA news.tv
    This Truth Commission is the commission I promised the people we will set up to put closure on so many issues. They will be collators of data, evidence, the proof as to who committed what and what transgression of our laws was committed,...

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