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transgression
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transgression noun abuse, breach, contravention, crime, delictum, delinquency, dereliction, disobedience, encroachment, error, fault, guilty act, illegal action, infraction, infringement, iniquity, misbehavior, misdeed, misdoing, misfeasance, noncompliance, nonobservance, offense, peccatum, sin, slip, transcursion, trespass, violation, wrong, wrongdoing
Foreign phrases: Frustra legis auxilium quaerit qui in legem committit.He vainly seeks the aid of the law who transgresses the law.
See also: bad repute, blame, breach, contravention, criminality, culpability, delinquency, disregard, encroachment, fault, felony, guilt, illegality, infraction, injustice, invasion, malfeasance, mischief, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanor, misdoing, misfeasance, misprision, omission, onus, responsibility, tort, vice, violation, wrong

TRANSGRESSION. The violation of a law.



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