transgression
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father
Types & categories
- wrongful conduct hypernym
- abomination hyponym
- evil hyponym
- villainy hyponym
- turpitude hyponym
- vice hyponym
- sinning hyponym
- terrorization hyponym
- crime hyponym
- crime hyponym
- inside job hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata
Types & categories
- geological phenomenon hypernym
Related & opposite
- transgress derivation
Sense 3 noun
the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit
Types & categories
- action hypernym
Related & opposite
- overstep derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sin |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | breach |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | wrongful conduct |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | abomination |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | evil |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | villainy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | turpitude |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vice |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sinning |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | terrorization |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | crime |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | crime |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | inside job |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | transgress |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | geological phenomenon |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | overstep |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | action |