transgress, v.
(transgressed, transgresses, transgressing)
freq. cnt. 1
(transgressed, transgresses, transgressing)
freq. cnt. 1
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
breach break go against infract offend transgress violate
sample sentences
"offend all laws of humanity""violate the basic laws or human civilization"
"break a law"
"break a promise"
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pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
overstep transgress trespass
verb frames
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commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 7
sin transgress trespass
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spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline
<verb.stative>
transgress
sample sentences
"The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island"verb frames
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