transgressionn.
/trɑːnzˈɡrɛʃn/, /tranzˈɡrɛʃn/, /trɑːnsˈɡrɛʃn/, /transˈɡrɛʃn/, U.S. /trænzˈɡrɛʃən/, /træn(t)sˈɡrɛʃən/ 1.
a. The action of transgressing or passing beyond the bounds of legality or right; a violation of law, duty, or command; disobedience, trespass, sin.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [noun]
unrightOE
witec1175
misbodea1200
misguiltc1200
misdoinga1225
miss?c1225
trespassinga1340
forfeiturec1380
offensiona1382
crimec1384
abusion?1387
evil-doing1398
mistakinga1400
offendinga1425
transgression1426
wrongingc1449
digression1517
digressinga1535
transgressing1535
swerving1545
misdealing1571
transgress1578
misfaring1595
misacting1651
malpractice1739
malfeasance1856
wrongdoing1874
miscreance1972
society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > breach of rule or custom
breacha1382
transgression1426
violation1433
prevarication1561
forfeiture1575
contravention1579
infringement1628
temeration1641
contravening1645
infraction1673
society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > transgression of rights, rules, etc.
transgression1426
violation1433
violating1523
contemeration1658
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > violation of law > a violation of the law
law-breachOE
trespassc1290
transgression1426
delict?1473
irregularity1483
infringement1628
violation1870
moving violation1931
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > transgression or offending
witec1175
trespassinga1340
forfeiturec1380
offensiona1382
prevaricationc1384
offendinga1425
transgression1426
defencea1450
digression1517
digressinga1535
transgressing1535
transgress1578
misfaring1595
overloup1827
1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 1130 Transgressyoun ys for to say A goyyng fro the ryht[e] way, Or shortly, in sentement Brekyng off a comaundement.
14.. Cust. Malton in Surtees Misc. (1888) 60 Alle odyr transgrescyons þt towchys the lordes persons.
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 213 Borne in as grete innocency and withowte synne as Adam was afore the transgression.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xxix Culpable in certayne Artycles towchynge transgressyon agayne the Kynge.
1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. Prol. f. 4 Dedely synnis, quhilke ar transgressionis of Gods commandis.
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) i. i. 256 Heauen lay not my transgression to my charge. View more context for this quotation
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxvi. 148 Punishments ordained beforehand for their transgression.
1722 D. Defoe Relig. Courtship i. ii. 70 The Children shall not be punished for the Father's Transgression.
1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. App. 213 The transgression of this rule makes what are called harsh or forced metaphors.
b. The action of passing over or beyond. (Only as the etymological sense of the word.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [noun] > passing beyond a point or limit
trespass16..
transgression1623
overshooting1795
overrunning1867
overrun1902
overtravel1923
the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [noun] > going beyond bounds
overgoinga1382
surmounting14..
supergressiona1550
exceeding1593
debordment1603
pretergression1615
transgression1623
transcension?1624
debording1635
excess1818
overstep1822
overstepping1823
overpassing1865
transcendency1902
transcendence1907
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Transgression, a passing or going ouer.
1643 J. Burroughes Expos. Hosea (1652) 238 Sin is called by the name of Transgression..that is going beyond their bounds, going over the hedge.
1857 F. D. Maurice Epist. St. John iii. 47 I call it transgression; that is, the passing over a boundary which was marked out for me.
1907 J. R. Illingworth Doctr. Trinity x. 190 Sin is always transgression, the over-stepping of due bounds, the refusal to be limited.
2. Geology. The spread of the sea over the land, as evidenced by the deposition of unconformable marine sediments.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [noun] > sea
ragea1393
surabundance?1473
sea-breach1620
sea-breaka1688
transgression1882
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > sedimentation > [noun] > transgression
transgression1882
1882 Geikie in Nature 13 July 242/2 In a section ‘Upon Abrasion and Transgression’, the author insists upon the paramount influence of the sea as an agent in planing down the surface of the land.
1903 Claypole in Amer. Geol. Aug. 91 The depression in southern Ohio, where the outcrop of the Corniferous limestone and the Corniferous-Hamilton is concealed by the transgression of the shale.
1908 H. B. C. Sollas & W. J. Sollas tr. E. Suess Face of Earth III. 364 Every new transgression (regression), is so far as the encroaching line of breakers itself has not denuded the land, will encounter an altered relief.
1975 J. G. Evans Environment Early Man Brit. Isles iii. 67 Minor changes of sea level and coastal configuration have continued well beyond the main period of marine transgression.
Derivatives
transˈgressional adj. of or pertaining to transgression; of the nature of a transgression.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > [adjective] > breaking rule or custom
violatory1687
transgressional1690
violative1745
transgressinga1812
transgressive1969
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > that goes beyond ordinary limits
unwonted1642
transgressional1690
impayable1818
1690–1 Ld. Rochester Let. in Burnet Own Times (1823) VI. 284 Forgive this transgressional rapture, and receive my thanks..for your kind letter.
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