transgress (verb)
1transgress — ► VERB ▪ go beyond the limits set by (a moral principle, standard, law, etc.). DERIVATIVES transgression noun transgressive adjective transgressor noun. ORIGIN Latin transgredi step across …
2transgress — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French transgresser, from Latin transgressus, past participle of transgredi to step beyond or across, from trans + gradi to step more at grade Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to violate a… …
3transgress — verb 1》 go beyond the limits set by (a moral principle, standard, law, etc.). 2》 Geology (of the sea) spread over (an area of land). Derivatives transgression noun transgressive adjective transgressor noun Origin C15 (earlier (ME) as… …
4transgress — verb 1) if they transgress, the punishment is harsh Syn: misbehave, behave badly, break the law, err, fall from grace, stray from the straight and narrow, sin, do wrong, go astray; archaic trespass 2) she had transgressed an unwritten social law… …
5transgress — verb a) To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary. b) To act in violation of some law. See Also: transgression, transgressive …
6transgress — verb (I, T) formal to do something that is against the rules of social behaviour or against a moral principle: Those who have transgressed against custom must be punished. transgressor noun (C) transgression / greSFn/ noun (C, U) …
7transgress — UK [trænzˈɡres] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms transgress : present tense I/you/we/they transgress he/she/it transgresses present participle transgressing past tense transgressed past participle transgressed formal to do something …
8transgress — /trænzˈgrɛs / (say tranz gres) verb (t) 1. to pass over or go beyond (a limit, etc.): to transgress the bounds of prudence. 2. to go beyond the limits imposed by (a law, command, etc.); violate; infringe; break. –phrase 3. transgress against, to… …
9transgress — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. sin, offend, do wrong, overstep, rebel, disobey, infringe, take the law into one s own hands, break the law, entrench on, encroach upon, write one s own ticket*, fly in the face of the law*. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …
10transgress — trans|gress [ trænz gres ] verb intransitive or transitive FORMAL to do something that is not allowed by a law, custom, or religion ╾ trans|gres|sion [ trænz greʃn ] noun count or uncount ╾ trans|gres|sor noun count …