| NOUN | act | evildoing, transgression | the act of transgressing |
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| Meaning | The act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle. | |
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| Synonym | transgression | |
| Narrower | abomination | An action that is vicious or vile |
| crime | An evil act not necessarily punishable by law | |
| depravity, turpitude | A corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice | |
| evil, immorality, wickedness, iniquity | morally objectionable behavior | |
| inside job | Some transgression committed with the assistance of someone trusted by the victim | |
| offense, offence | A transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right | |
| sin, sinning | An act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will | |
| terrorization, terrorisation | An act of terrorism | |
| vice | A specific form of evildoing | |
| villainy | A criminal or vicious act | |
| Broader | wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus | Activity that transgresses moral or civil law |
| Spanish | transgresión, trasgresión | |
| Catalan | transgressió | |
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