transgress
[trans-gres, tranz-]
verb (used without object)
to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
verb (used with object)
to pass over or go beyond (a limit, boundary, etc.): to transgress bounds of prudence.
to go beyond the limits imposed by (a law, command, etc.); violate; infringe: to transgress the will of God.
Origin of transgress
Synonyms for transgress
Antonyms for transgress
3. obey.
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infringe, trespass, violate, contravene, disobey, err, exceed, offend, overstepExamples from the Web for transgress
Contemporary Examples of transgress
Historical Examples of transgress
God threatens to punish all those who transgress these commandments.
An Explanation of Luther's Small CatechismJoseph Stump
He said to them, "why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?"
Mysticism and its ResultsJohn Delafield
For it is not in any man's power to constrain thee to transgress against him.
MeditationsMarcus Aurelius
The boundaries of the State were defined, and it engaged not to transgress them.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6)Louis Creswicke
But I was in a mood to transgress all rules and even to forget the rights of lovers.
That Affair Next DoorAnna Katharine Green
transgress
verb
Word Origin for transgress
C16: from Latin transgredī, from trans- + gradī to step
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