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transgression

PRONUNCIATION:

(trans-GRESH-uhn)

MEANING:

noun: A violation of legal or moral boundaries.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin transgredi (to step beyond or across), from trans- (across) + gradi (to step), from gradus (step). Earliest documented use: 1426.

USAGE:

“Not all transgressions are created equal, with betrayals (affairs, broken promises) topping the list of offences most likely to be left unpardoned.”
Katie Underwood; The Gift of Forgiveness; Chatelaine (Toronto, Canada); Dec 2016.

See more usage examples of transgression in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

The well taught philosophic mind / To all compassion gives; / Casts round the world an equal eye, / And feels for all that lives. -Anna Laetitia Barbauld, poet, essayist, and editor (20 Jun 1743-1825)

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