Transgression may refer to:

Legal, religious and social

* Sin, a violation of God's Ten Commandments or other elements of God's moral law * Crime, legal transgression, usually created by a violation of social or economic boundary **In civil law jurisdictions, a transgression or a contravention is a smaller breach of law, similar to summary offence in common law jurisdictions *Social transgression, violating a

social norm Social norms are shared standards of acceptance, acceptable behavior by groups. Social norms can both be informal understandings that govern the behavior of members of a society, as well as be codified into wikt:rule, rules and laws. Social normat ...

Relational transgression Relational transgressions occur when people violate implicit or explicit relational rules. These transgressions include a wide variety of behaviors. The boundaries of relational transgressions are permeable. Betrayal for example, is often used ...

– violation of implicit or explicit relational rules * Haram, going beyond Islamic religious restrictions

Science and mathematics

* Transgression map in cohomology * Transgression (geology), a relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata *Transgression (genetics) or Transgressive segregation, a peculiar case of heterosis, showing extreme phenotypes in a hybrid offspring

Literature

*''Transgressions'', a 1997 novel by

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*''Transgressions'', a novel based in the English Civil War by Erastes *'' Transgressions: Volume Two'', a short story collection by Stephen King and John Farris * Transgressive fiction, a literary style

Film, television, music, and art

* Transgressive art * ''Transgression'' (1931 film), a 1931 American film directed by Herbert Brenon * ''Transgression'' (1974 film), a 1974 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-young *''Transgression'' (2011 film), a 2011 film starring Michael Ironside, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Jonathan Keltz, and Carlos Bardem * ''Transgression'' (2017 film), a 2017 Bulgarian film directed by Val Todorov * Cinema of Transgression, a film movement using shock value and humor * ''Transgression'' (album), 2005 release from industrial metal band Fear Factory

Legal, religious and social

Science and mathematics

Literature

Film, television, music, and art

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