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transgression
noun as in violation, misbehavior
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Punishments for what are considered transgressions are extremely harsh.
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Are you trying to give people some kind of communal moment of transgression?
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The forest becomes a Garden of Eden, marred by human transgressions.
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She maintains a nuanced sense of humanity’s transgressions and innocence, without demonizing or idealizing either side.
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Her only transgression appears to be her identity as a female Pakistani-American.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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