transgression

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An act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
A violation of a law, command or duty
A relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata
{n} a violation, offense, sin, crime
the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit
(Simply) The advance or spread of seas over land surfaces which cause changes in erosion and depositional patterns of marine and non-marine strata
the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle; "the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father"
the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle; "the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father"
The spread of sea over land areas; also any change that brings offshore, deep-water environments to area that were once near shore, shallow- water environments The movement of the shoreline towards the land
the slow raising of sea level and/or lowering of the edge of a continent such that the shoreline slowly moves toward the center of the continent, exposing less land above sea level and flooding the edge of the continent Marine sediments deposited during transgression get finer in size as you move vertically upward through the pile
An advance of the sea across the land, due to subsidence of the land, or a eustatic (qv) rise in sea level Opposite of Regression (qv)
The act of transgressing, or of passing over or beyond any law, civil or moral; the violation of a law or known principle of rectitude; breach of command; fault; offense; crime; sin
{i} violation, crime
A rise in relative sea level
the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata
transgress
To spread over land along a shoreline; to inundate
transgress
to break a law
transgress
{v} to violate, break, offend, go beyond
minor transgression
{i} misdemeanor, crime which is not serious
transgress
commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
transgress
Hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the &?;imit of duty; to break or violate, as a law, civil or moral
transgress
To act in violation of some law
transgress
pass beyond (limits or boundaries) act in disregard of laws and rules; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"
transgress
act in disregard of laws and rules; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"
transgress
{f} violate a law or right
transgress
If someone transgresses, they break a moral law or a rule of behaviour. If a politician transgresses, that is not the fault of the media. a monk who had transgressed against the law of celibacy It seemed to me that he had transgressed the boundaries of good taste. + transgression transgressions trans·gres·sion Tales of the candidate's alleged past transgressions have begun springing up. to do something that is against the rules of social behaviour or against a moral principle (transgresser, from , past participle of transgredi , from gredi )
transgress
pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
transgress
To pass over or beyond; to surpass
transgress
To commit an offense; to sin
transgress
spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline; "The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island"
transgress
To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary
transgress
To offend against; to vex
transgress
spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline; "The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island
transgress
To offend against the law; to sin
transgressions
plural of transgression
transgression
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