Transgress

Verb

 * 1)  To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary.
 * 2)  To act in violation of some law.
 * 3)  To commit an offense; to sin.
 * 4)  To spread over land along a shoreline; to inundate.

Related terms

 * transgression
 * transgressive
 * transgressor

Adverbs for Transgress
outrageously; repetitiously; wantonly; venially; notoriously; incestuously; egregiously.

Thesaurus
advance upon, breach, breach the law, break, break bounds, break the law, care naught for, circumvent the law, commit a crime, commit sin, contravene, defy, disobey, disobey the law, disregard, disregard the law, do amiss, do violence to, do wrong, encroach, err, exceed, fall from grace, flout, go astray, go beyond, go counter to, go too far, go wrong, ignore, infract, infringe, intrude, invade, irrupt, know no bounds, lapse, make an inroad, misbehave, not conform, not heed, not keep, not listen, not mind, not observe, offend, overstep, overstep the bounds, refuse to cooperate, scoff at, set at defiance, set at naught, set naught by, sin, trample on, trample underfoot, trample upon, trespass, usurp, violate, violate the law

Etymology

 * From transgressum, past participle of transgredi.

Translations

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