Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Transgression

Transgression , noun

[Latin transgressio a going across, going over, transgression of the law, from transgredi, transgressus, to step across, go over; trans over, across + gradi to step, walk: compare French transgression. See Grade.]

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.
Forgive thy people... all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee. — I Kings viii. 50
What rests, but that the mortal sentence pass On his transgression, death denounced that day? — Milton
The transgression is in the stealer. — Shakespeare