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   transgress

   /trɑːnzˈɡrɛs/

   verb

   • 1. go beyond the limits of (what is morally, socially, or legally acceptable): "she had transgressed an unwritten social law" Similar misbehavebehave badlybreak the lawerrlapsecommit an offencefall from gracestray from the straight and narrowsindegeneratedo wronggo astrayinformal:slip upbe out of orderarchaic:trespassdisobeydefyinfringebreachcontraveneviolatebreakfloutinfractcommit a breach ofOpposite obey
   • 2. (of the sea) spread over (an area of land): "each continent has been transgressed by continental seas"

   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

   Scrabble Points: 11

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