Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TRANS-GRES'SION, n. [Fr.]

1. The act of passing over or beyond any law or rule of moral duty; the violation of a law or known principle of rectitude; breach of command. He mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away. Ezra x. Forgive thy people all their transgressions. 1 Kings viii.
2. Fault; offense; crime. Shak.