Transgress

Quick meaning: Transgress is a verb meaning (transitive) To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary.

Meaning

(transitive) To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To act in violation of some law.
2. (intransitive, construed with against) To commit an offense; to sin.
3. (intransitive, of the sea) To spread over land along a shoreline; to inundate.

Example Sentences

surpassing common faith, transgressing nature's law

Why give you peace to this untemperate beast That hath so long transgressed you?

For man will hearken to his glozing lies, And easily transgress the sole command.

They sometimes transgressed colonial boundaries, forming border communities with Native Americans and escaped black slaves.

Word Forms

• transgresses
• transgressing
• transgressed

Synonyms for transgress

Depending on context, synonyms include forpass, surpass, transcend, break, breach, infract.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include overstep, trespass, infract, violate, offend, break.

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