English verb: transgress | |||
1. | transgress (social) act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises | ||
Samples | Offend all laws of humanity. Violate the basic laws or human civilization. Break a law. Break a promise. | ||
Synonyms | breach, break, go against, infract, offend, violate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | disrespect | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | blunder, boob, conflict, contravene, drop the ball, goof, infringe, intrude, run afoul, sin, sin, transgress, trespass, trespass, trespass | ||
Antonyms | keep, observe | ||
2. | transgress (stative) spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline | ||
Samples | The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | overspread, spread | ||
3. | transgress (social) commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law | ||
Synonyms | sin, trespass | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | fall | ||
4. | transgress (motion) pass beyond (limits or boundaries) | ||
Synonyms | overstep, trespass | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | go across, go through, pass | ||