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A violation of a law, duty or commandment.
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An act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries.
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A relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata.
Examples of transgressions in a Sentence
I'm sure God has forgiven their little transgressions and the two of them are contrite for their actions.
He declares, it is true, that he had let loose the reins on the neck of his lusts, that he had delighted in all transgressions against the divine law, and that he had been the ringleader of the youth of Elstow in all manner of vice.
The Albian transgressions reached an acme within Zone 6a.
Having reassembled the horn I found I could forgive it these small transgressions - it is such an elegant looking beastie.
Vouchsafe, O Theotokos, that I may offer pure supplications to the King of all, and ask remission of transgressions.
Her prior night's transgressions were apparently forgotten as she and Betsy acted as compatible as guppies in a fish bowl.
The celebration is based on the doctrine that the souls of the faithful which at death have not been cleansed from venial sins, or have not atoned for past transgressions, cannot attain the Beatific Vision, and that they may be helped to do so by prayer and by the sacrifice of the mass.
In this natural state man, who even before he actually sins is a sinner before God by original or inherited sin, commits manifold actual transgressions; but he is not absolutely without power of will towards good, and is not always doing evil.
Mr Teague believed that the Sussex League were introducing a code of varying penalties to punish transgressions by players.
The presence of salt lakes and springs were also noted as evidence cited as evidence of marine transgressions.
The novel's main interest lies in her sexual transgressions rather than her work.
This is our original sin, the bitter root of all our actual transgressions, in thought, word, and deed.
The cause lies in certain opportunist transgressions committed in their practical work by the official leaders of the Communist Party of Poland.
Perceived transgressions of such codes have led to the imprisonment and even killing of some women.
The novel 's main interest lies in her sexual transgressions rather than her work.
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
In fact, many sects of different faiths exist because of the value for personal choice in one's beliefs, and they seek to preserve that value by allowing members their own personal liberties and forgiveness for transgressions.
Although many celebrities have been in the news for their various transgressions, the person that definitively takes the crown this year for celebrity oops-Britney Spears.
On the other hand, there are some transgressions that are deemed so severe that pulling revenge pranks isn't appropriate, either.
Both demanding and responsive, they communicate clear expectations based on logical reasoning, and consistently follow through with consequences that make sense in accordance with the transgressions.