transgression
Example Sentences
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“When you forgave me my transgression and then asked me to teach you to sew, and now when you offer to teach me German…” Her voice faltered for a moment before she cleared her throat.
From Literature
The result is a devastating work of scholarship that commits the ultimate transgression of failing to include the trigger warnings so cherished by the targets of the author’s indictment.
On AMC’s “Mad Men” we watched her, as Sally Draper, turn from an adorable little girl to an angsty youth, well aware of her father’s transgressions.
From Los Angeles Times
His pairing of white socks and yellow Crocs stood out as a particular stylistic transgression.
Are you trying to give people some kind of communal moment of transgression?
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
