transgressorn.
/trɑːnzˈɡrɛsə/, /tranzˈɡrɛsə/, /trɑːnsˈɡrɛsə/, /transˈɡrɛsə/, U.S. /trænzˈɡrɛsər/, /træn(t)sˈɡrɛsər/ One who transgresses; a law-breaker; a sinner.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > wrongdoer > [noun]
guilter12..
misdoera1325
trespasser1362
transgressor1377
offendera1450
wrongerc1449
misruler1450
wrongdoerc1450
delinquent1484
committer1509
violater1523
faulter1535
violator?1535
exceeder1625
misfeasor1631
tortfeasor1658
misactor1659
culprit1769
disorderly1852
society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > insubordinate person > one who breaks rule or custom
transgressor1377
breakerc1384
infractor1524
violator?1535
infringer1541
contravener1567
society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > transgression of rights, rules, etc. > one who
transgressor1377
violater1523
tresgressorc1550
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > evil-doer > offender or transgressor
guilter12..
trespasser1362
transgressor1377
prevaricatora1425
surfeitera1425
offendera1450
delinquent1484
committer1509
violater1523
faulter1535
violator?1535
offendent1580
peccant1621
exceeder1625
moocher1675
culprit1769
sinner1809
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. i. 96 And taken trangressores [v.r. transgressouris] and tyen hem faste.
1463–4 Rolls of Parl. V. 502/2 To committe the transgressours..to the next Gaole.
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 263 He..did chide the transgressores of the lawes.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) James ii. 9 Ye commit synne, and are rebuked off the lawe as transgressours.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) James ii. 11 Thou arte a transgresser off the lawe.
1657 T. Aylesbury Treat. Confession of Sinne viii. 235 His Conscience arraigneth him..as a Transgressor.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 164 Such title should belong To me transgressour, who for thee ordaind A help, became thy snare. View more context for this quotation
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 100 Whoever shall transgress the strains by law established is a transgressor of the laws.
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