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transgression

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Their transgressions come as infections are climbing and hospital beds are filling up fast in California, according to data tracked by The Washington Post.

In the future, all would be held accountable under Swiss law for transgressions across the world.

From Fortune

She requires accusers to be sure of their facts and to keep their condemnation in proportion to the transgressions.

If Xi is simply seeking to humiliate India for perceived transgressions – and warn it off deepening ties with its security partners – he may now order his troops to pull back, having made his point.

It was a very blatant transgression, if you will, or act of aggression.

Every page would carry its own proof of transgression, and thus its own guarantee of detection.

The star is not entirely to blame for his hideous, hirsute transgression.

It takes a transgression with real bite to inspire a furor of this intensity—Brangelina burn Jennifer!

Keeping quiet about what he knows would be the greater transgression.

And Don Draper is picking up the pieces—at work and at home—after his latest transgression.

They will try to compel you to confession; and, though you are blameless, you will suffer the cruelest ordeal of transgression.

It was not necessary that he should be prevented from sinning, and his fall was the necessary effect of his transgression.

To those who are guilty, and without hope of escape, no doubt the lightness of the penalty of transgression gives consolation.

She was the first in the transgression therefore keep her in subjection.

They inherit a nature depraved by original transgression, and disposed to every wicked indulgence.

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On this page you'll find 92 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to transgression, such as: breach, crime, error, fault, infraction, and infringement.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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