transgression

English

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Etymology

Latin transgressus, from trans- (“over-”) + gressus (“step”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɹænsˈɡɹɛʃən/, X-SAMPA: /tr{ns"grES@n/

Noun

transgression (plural transgressions)

1. A violation of a law, command or duty
2. An act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
3. A relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata

Translations

violation of a law, command or duty

• Czech: přestupek (cs) m
• Faroese: brot (fo) n, lógarbrot (fo) n
• Finnish: rikkomus (fi), rike (fi)
• French: transgression (fr) f
• Galician: transgresión (gl) f
• German: Transgression (de) f

• Greek: παράβαση (el) (parávasi) f
• Hungarian: kihágás (hu)
• Icelandic: brot (is) n, afbrot (is) n, lögbrot (is) n
• Norn: brut
• Persian: نافرمانی (fa) (nāfarmāni)
• Russian: проступок (ru) (prostúpok) m, преступление (ru) (prestuplénije) n, правонарушение (ru) (pravonarušénije) n

act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries

• Finnish: omavaltaisuus (fi)

• Galician: transgresión (gl) f

relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata

• Finnish: transgressio (fi)

• Icelandic: áflæði (is) n