It is "a transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of the deity, or the interposition of some invisible agent".
More specifically, it is "a transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of the Deity, or by the interposition of some invisible agent" (EU, 11.12n/115n).
While the Jain ascetics observe absolute nonviolence, so far as a Jain householder is concerned, the violence is categorised as follows: or intentional violence – Intentional violence knowingly done is the worst form of violence and is a transgression of the layperson's vow of nonviolence.
Wearing a bikini put her name in the Indian press as one of Bollywood's ten hottest actresses of all time, and was a transgression of female identity through a reversal of the state of modesty, which functions as a signifier of femininity in Bombay films.
Since its very inception, the Roman Catholic Church has forbidden the application of contraceptive measures because it considers that such interference is a transgression of divine law and a sin against nature.
While this "Fuck List" may be seen by some to be a transgression because of the role reversal of sexual objectification, I would argue that it actually just reinforces sexist stereotypes.
Writing about the impossibility of representing the Holocaust in dramas such as Spielberg's Schindler's List, the great French film-maker Claude Lanzmann (whose monumental Shoah eschewed archive footage for eye-witness testimony) famously declared that "fiction is a transgression" and spoke of his own belief in "a ban on depiction".
Writing about his grandfather was "a transgression I had a lot of trouble with," says Carrère, but one he was convinced he had to go through with.
