All transgression synonyms
trans·gres·sion
T t noun transgression
- misbehaviour — (British) alternative spelling of misbehavior.
- misconduct — improper conduct; wrong behavior.
- waggery — the action, spirit, or language of a wag; roguish or droll humor: the waggery of Shakespeare's clowns.
- impiousness — Quality of being impious.
- devilment — devilish or mischievous conduct
- infraction — breach; violation; infringement: an infraction of the rules.
- barratry — (formerly) the vexatious stirring up of quarrels or bringing of lawsuits
- obtrusion — the act of obtruding.
- howler — a person, animal, or thing that howls.
- malefaction — an evil deed; crime; wrongdoing.
- impishness — The state or quality of being impish; mischievousness.
- naughtiness — disobedient; mischievous (used especially in speaking to or about children): Weren't we naughty not to eat our spinach?
- contravention — an act of contravening; action counter to something; violation or opposition.
- malignance — the quality or condition of being malignant.
- immorality — immoral quality, character, or conduct; wickedness; evilness.
- impingement — to make an impression; have an effect or impact (usually followed by on or upon): to impinge upon the imagination; social pressures that impinge upon one's daily life.
- in-accuracy — something inaccurate; error.
- gluttony — excessive eating and drinking.
- default — If a person, company, or country defaults on something that they have legally agreed to do, such as paying some money or doing a piece of work before a particular time, they fail to do it.
- evildoing — An evil or wicked act or behaviour, especially such a crime.
- waywardness — The quality of being wayward.
- injustice — the quality or fact of being unjust; inequity.
- infringement — a breach or infraction, as of a law, right, or obligation; violation; transgression.
- fast one — a shrewd action, especially when unscrupulous or dishonest; an unfair trick, deceitful practice, dishonest dealing, etc.: He pulled a fast one on me by paying me with a worthless check.
- misdeed — an immoral or wicked deed.
- nefariousness — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- goof up — to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.
- looseness — free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
- lapse — an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice.