transgression.

1. An action that breaks a law, rule, moral standard, or accepted boundary.

2. The spread of the sea over land as relative sea level rises.

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Words that belong together

• moral transgression
• social transgression

On the page

The narrative treats curiosity as a transgression.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Countable or uncountable by context; countable singular transgression; plural transgressions. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.