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- noun Plural form of
transgression .
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Significantly, the term transgressions has been replaced by infidelity.
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"For her transgressions is your mother put away; she may thank herself, and you may thank her for all your miseries."
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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Boudreau described Carlson's main transgressions as "sleepy."
Boudreau: John Carlson will be great, but 'he's not there' yet Katie Carrera 2010
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But we also hold ourselves to a higher standard that we hold Zimbabwe et al. The fact that other countries have far greater human rights transgressions is absolutely no justification for our relatively minor transgressions.
And They Have Human Rights Commissions In Canada? « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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Man, by reason of his actual transgressions, is obnoxious to God's justice and cannot in himself be justified before him: he can neither plead Not guilty, nor plead any merit of his own to balance or extenuate his guilt.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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In his confession, the tamed Tiger gives no specifics about his "transgressions" - though those came in the flurry of horny e-mails, text messages as well as voicemails which have been made public.
Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009
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In his confession, the tamed Tiger gives no specifics about his "transgressions" - though those came in the flurry of horny e-mails, text messages as well as voicemails which have been made public.
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Days later, he released a statement apologizing for, quote, "transgressions" -- in very carefully worded comments on his Web site that never mentioned the word "affair."
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What he has described as his "transgressions" - and the heavy price he has had to pay for them - prompted one prominent America commentator to suggest that Woods might do well to convert to Christianity.
littlehearts26 commented on the word transgressions
A violation of a law, command, or duty
August 4, 2009