transgress

Verbs

  • (v) 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
    breach, infract, go against, offend, violate, break,
  • (v) spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline
    • The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island
  • (v) commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law sin, trespass,
  • (v) pass beyond (limits or boundaries) overstep, trespass,

Synonyms

breach infract go against offend violate break sin trespass overstep

Antonyms

keep observe

Words of close approximity

transgression transgressor