Transgression

Dictionary of Biblical Words:

The breaking of law; where there is no law, there is no transgression (Rom. 6, and 1 John 3). Sin, therefore, is not “the transgression of the law” (1 John 3:44Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. (1 John 3:4)), but “lawlessness” (R.V.). Sin existed long before the law was given, but transgression carne in with law.

Concise Bible Dictionary:

See SIN.