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Meanings of transgression in inglés

ruso
трансгрессия
español
transgresión
catalán
transgressió

Violation of a commitment, law, norm or other rule.

transgresión
portugués
transgressão
catalán
transgressió

The act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle.

transgressão
Sinónimos
Examples for "evildoing"
Examples for "evildoing"
1
All the great reformers and martyrs were antagonistic men-enemies to falsehood and evildoing.
Character
2
This is a film noir without any crime or evildoing.
The Guardian
3
One by one, the paths of evildoing must be blocked.
Problems of Conduct: An Introductory Survey of Ethics
4
She would have been 'good', to use your phrasing, but with the potential for evildoing.
Sagittarius Is Bleeding
5
You've broken the law and now you have got to take the consequence of your evildoing.
The Bradys and the Girl Smuggler; Or, Working for the Custom Hou...
Usage of transgression in inglés
1
It is also a great commercial transgression to abuse a dominant position.
The Irish Times
2
She was the first in the transgression therefore keep her in subjection.
The Necessity of Atheism
3
Right means straight; wrong means twisted; transgression the crossing of a line.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy
4
She hadn't thought him capable of risk, perhaps, or of actual transgression.
Losing charlotte
5
Navratilova's hijacking of a microphone was obviously a very dangerous transgression indeed.
The Guardian
6
Esdras mourneth for the transgression of the people: his confession and prayer.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 1
7
It's up to them to decide whether the transgression is worth it.
Eve of darkness
8
Lord Angelo dukes it well in his absence; he puts transgression to't.
Measure for Measure
9
Therefore the sin of omission is graver than the sin of transgression.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
10
Objection 1: It would seem that transgression is not a special sin.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
11
He was also required to pay a bail fee for his transgression.
The South African
12
They lack the courage for any such transgression if transgression it is.
Kings of the earth: a novel
13
Whereby he expected at any rate to minimise the transgression of orders.
The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians
14
He said nothing about her transgression of the rule as to telephoning.
The Pretty Lady
15
I therefore struck them one thousand lashes for this transgression of theirs.
Iranian Influence on Moslem Literature, Part I
16
Nearly all the people were diseased by the transgression of Nature's laws.
Across China on Foot
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Translations for transgression
portugués
transgressão
Transgression through the time
Transgression across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common