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Transgression vs Guilt - What's the difference?

transgression | guilt |

As nouns the difference between transgression and guilt

is that transgression is a violation of a law, command or duty while guilt is responsibility for wrongdoing.

As a verb guilt is

to commit offenses; act criminally.

transgression

English

(wikipedia transgression)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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

    • guilt

    English

    (wikipedia guilt)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) gilt, gult, from (etyl) . See (l).

    Noun

    (-)
  • Responsibility for wrongdoing.
  • Awareness of having done wrong.
  • The fact of having done wrong.
  • (legal) The state of having been found guilty or admitted guilt in legal proceedings.
    • Antonyms
    * innocence
    Derived terms
    * beguilt * guiltless * guiltlessness * guilty * guilt-sick * guilt trip * unguilt
    See also
    * regret * remorse

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) gilten, gylten, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To commit offenses; act criminally.
  • To cause someone to feel guilt, particularly in order to influence their behaviour.
    • He didn't want to do it, but his wife guilted him into it.
  • * 1988 , , Healing the shame that binds you ,
    • Shame based parents would have guilted him for expressing anger.
  • * 1992 , , Codependent No More: how to stop controlling others and start caring for yourself ,
    • We don't have to be manipulated, guilted , coerced, or forced into anything.
  • * 1995 , , True Betrayals ,
    • But I won't be threatened or bribed or guilted into giving up something that's important to me.