| transgress | | |
| v. (social) | 1. breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate | act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises.; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" |
| ~ disrespect | show a lack of respect for. |
| ~ sin, transgress, trespass | commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law. |
| ~ blunder, boob, drop the ball, goof, sin | commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake.; "I blundered during the job interview" |
| ~ contravene, infringe, run afoul, conflict | go against, as of rules and laws.; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules" |
| ~ trespass | break the law. |
| ~ trespass, intrude | enter unlawfully on someone's property.; "Don't trespass on my land!" |
| v. (stative) | 2. transgress | spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline.; "The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island" |
| ~ overspread, spread | spread across or over.; "A big oil spot spread across the water" |
| v. (social) | 3. sin, transgress, trespass | commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law. |
| ~ fall | yield to temptation or sin.; "Adam and Eve fell" |
| ~ breach, infract, transgress, go against, offend, violate, break | act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises.; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" |
| v. (motion) | 4. overstep, transgress, trespass | pass beyond (limits or boundaries). |
| ~ go across, pass, go through | go across or through.; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
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