Misconduct vs Transgression - What's the difference?
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Bad behavior.
To mismanage.
# (reflexive) To misbehave.
(rare) To act improperly.
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
As nouns the difference between misconduct and transgression
is that misconduct is bad behavior while transgression is a violation of a law, command or duty.As a verb misconduct
is to mismanage.misconduct
English
Etymology 1
From (mis-) + (conduct) (noun)Noun
(wikipedia misconduct) (en-noun)- The student was threatened with a £2000 fine and banned from using the university's computing resources for two weeks due to gross misconduct on the Internet.
Etymology 2
From (mis-) + (conduct) (verb)Verb
(en verb)- He misconducted himself with a chorus girl, according to his wife.