Noun transgression has 3 senses
  1. transgression, evildoing - 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"
    --1 is a kind of wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
    --1 has particulars:
     abomination; evil, immorality, wickedness, iniquity; villainy; depravity, turpitude; vice; sin, sinning; terrorization, terrorisation; crime, law-breaking; crime; inside job
    Derived forms: verb transgress3, verb transgress1
  2. transgression - the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata
    --2 is a kind of
    geological phenomenon
    Derived form: verb transgress2
  3. transgression - the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit
    --3 is a kind of
    action
    Derived form: verb transgress4
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