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Transgress

trɑːnzˈɡrɛs

Transgress definitions

verb

Inflections:

transgress transgressed transgresses transgressing

go beyond the limits of (what is morally, socially, or legally acceptable)

"she had transgressed an unwritten social law"

Synonyms:
misbehave behave badly break the law err lapse commit an offence fall from grace stray from the straight and narrow sin degenerate do wrong go astray disobey defy infringe breach contravene violate break flout infract commit a breach of
(of the sea) spread over (an area of land)

"each continent has been transgressed by continental seas"