Synonyms of the word

transgression

• n. A violation of a law, duty or commandment.
• n. An act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries.
• n. A relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata.

action

• n. Something done so as to accomplish a purpose.
• n. A way of motion or functioning.
• n. A fast-paced activity.
• n. A mechanism; a moving part or assembly.
• n. (music): The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano,…
• n. (slang) sexual intercourse.
• n. The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on the guitar.
• n. (military) Combat.
• n. (law) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
• n. (mathematics) A mapping from a pairing of mathematical objects to one of them, respecting their individual…
• n. The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem,…
• n. (art, painting and sculpture) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive…
• n. (bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.
• n. (business, obsolete, a Gallicism) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public…
• interj. Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually an act or scene of a theatric performance.
• v. (transitive, management) To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
• v. (transitive, chiefly archaic) To initiate a legal action against someone.

evildoing

• n. An evil or wicked act, especially a crime.

misconduct

• n. behavior that is considered to be unacceptable.
• v. (transitive) To mismanage.
• v. (reflexive) To behave inappropriately, to misbehave.
• v. (intransitive, rare) To act improperly.

wrongdoing

• n. (uncountable) Violation of standards of behavior.
• n. (countable) An instance of doing wrong.