transgression
Definitions of transgression
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a crime less serious than a felonysynonyms: crime, délit, froissement, infraction, violationtypes:perturbationany act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitledparjurecriminal offense of making false statements under oathtype of:
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the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principletypes:vicea specific form of evildoingpéchéan act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's willparithe act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)jeu irrégulierunfair or dishonest behavior (especially involving violence)irrévérencea disrespectful actintempéranceconsumption of alcoholic drinkspéché originela sin said to be inherited by all descendants of Adamfalsification, fauxcriminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraudperpétrationthe act of committing a crimeaggressionthe act of attackinghaute trahisona crime that undermines the offender's governmentcrime de vicea vice that is illegaltype of:
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The Giver
Twelve-year-old Jonas lives in a regimented community that is free from pain and suffering — but also free from joy, independence, and even color. When he is appointed the community's Receiver of Memory, Jonas begins to question everything he has been taught.
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