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All transgression synonyms

trans·gres·sion
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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.
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