Transgression vs Misdeed - What's the difference?
transgression | misdeed |
A violation of a law, command or duty
An act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
A relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata
That which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime.
As nouns the difference between transgression and misdeed
is that transgression is a violation of a law, command or duty while misdeed is that which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime.transgression
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(wikipedia transgression)Noun
(en noun)misdeed
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Noun
(en noun)- The petty misdeeds of his youth came back to haunt him when he ran for political office and his character was smeared.