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The term "transgression" is employed in literature as a multifaceted concept, encompassing both religious and secular dimensions. In many scriptural texts, it denotes the violation of divine commandments and the moral disorder that follows, as in its presentation as a sin warranting divine retribution [1][2][3]. In philosophical and moral discourse, it is used to critique actions that undermine rational thought and social order, emphasizing the destructive effects of deviating from accepted norms [4][5]. Even in secular narratives and dramas, the word serves to highlight personal failings and societal misdeeds—from the intimate lament of individual guilt [6] to the broader accusation of communal wrongdoing [7][8]. Thus, its usage spans from the profound weight of cosmic sin to the subtle disruptions in human affairs.
  1. Zain. Remember my poverty, and transgression, the wormwood and the gall.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  2. But, if on the contrary, they still continue hardened in their transgression, they shall be under a curse forever.
    — from The First Book of Adam and Eve by Rutherford Hayes Platt
  3. If with the design of transgression we have set up this altar, let him not save us, but punish us immediately: 22:23.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  4. Do penance for it by using your own brains, for it is a transgression that dwarfs the growth of thought and destroys mental freedom.
    — from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein
  5. For if any suspicion remain, that the event and command concurred by accident, there is no miracle and no transgression of the laws of nature.
    — from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume
  6. I am punished for my transgression, my dearest.
    — from Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo by Juliette Drouet and Louis Guimbaud
  7. This law was rigidly observed among the Californians no less than among the Oregonians, and on its transgression the death penalty could be inflicted.
    — from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer
  8. infringement, infraction; violation, transgression; piracy.
    — from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

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