- 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 - 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 - transgression - the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit
--3 is a kind of action
Derived form: verb transgress4