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verb (used without object)
1.
to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
verb (used with object)
2.
to pass over or go beyond (a limit, boundary, etc.): to transgress bounds of prudence.
3.
to go beyond the limits imposed by (a law, command, etc.); violate; infringe: to transgress the will of God.
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Origin:
1520–30; < Latin trānsgressus (past participle of trānsgredī to step across), equivalent to trāns- trans- + -gred- (combining form of gradī to step; see grade) + -tus past participle suffix, with dt > ss
1520–30; < Latin trānsgressus (past participle of trānsgredī to step across), equivalent to trāns- trans- + -gred- (combining form of gradī to step; see grade) + -tus past participle suffix, with dt > ss
Related forms
trans·gres·sive, adjective
trans·gres·sive·ly, adverb
trans·gres·sor, noun
non·trans·gres·sive, adjective
non·trans·gres·sive·ly, adverb
EXPANDun·trans·gressed, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. err, trespass. 3. contravene, disobey.
1. err, trespass. 3. contravene, disobey.
Antonyms
3. obey.
3. obey.
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