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transgressions

transgressions is the plural of transgression.

Meaning of transgression

Noun

transgression (countable and uncountable, plural transgressions)

  1. A violation of a law, duty or commandment.
    • And Ioshua said vnto the people, Ye cannot serue the Lord: for hee is an holy God: he is a ielous God, he will not forgiue your transgressions nor your sinnes.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 24:19
  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.

Questions about transgressions

What is transgressions the plural of?
Transgressions is the plural of transgression.

Words near transgressions in the dictionary

  1. transgressible
  2. transgressing
  3. transgressingly
  4. transgression
  5. transgressional
  6. transgressions
  7. transgressive
  8. transgressively
  9. transgressiveness
  10. transgressives
  11. transgressivism

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