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transgress
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The Girl on the Train
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- If I had to write down every transgression for which I should apologize to Tom, I could fill a book.†
p. 133.4 *transgression = an act that violates a rule, promise, or social norm
- You can apologize and even if you cannot remember committing your transgression, that doesn't mean that Your apology, and the sentiment behind your apology, is not sincere.†
p. 237.1
Definitions:
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(transgress) to violate a rule, promise, or social norm
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely (and archaically), transgress can mean: "spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline" as in "The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island."