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   Trans·gress

   /tranzˈɡres/

   

   verb

   • 1. infringe or go beyond the bounds of (a moral principle or other established standard of behavior): "she had transgressed an unwritten social law" Similar misbehavebehave badlybreak the lawerrlapsecommit an offensefall from gracestray from the straight and narrowsindegeneratedo wronggo astrayinformal:slip upbe out of orderarchaic:trespassdisobeydefyinfringebreachcontraveneviolatebreakfloutinfractcommit a breach ofOpposite obey
   • ▪ (of the sea) spread over (an area of land).

   Word Origin late 15th century (earlier (late Middle English) as transgression): from Old French transgresser or Latin transgress- ‘stepped across’, from the verb transgredi, from trans- ‘across’ + gradi ‘go’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. transgressor noun

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