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transgress::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | breach, break, go against, infract, offend, violate |
| Type of | disrespect |
| Has types | boob, blunder, drop the ball, goof, infringe, intrude, run afoul, sin, trespass, conflict, contravene |
| Derivation | transgression, transgressor |
transgress::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | overspread, spread |
| Derivation | transgression |
The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island.
Examples of transgress
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Eve and Adam transgress in the former, whereas Prometheus does so in the latter.
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We're all apt to transgress, given the human stain and the wrong circumstances.
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If the trend is correct it means at least 47,000 of them transgress at least once.
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Such executions were often held in public as a warning to any who might transgress.
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A crucial issue has been how many people transgress social and legal norms.
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The fines will be invoked if they transgress again in the next 12 months.
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If they transgress the last warning in the next 24 hours then yes they shall be blocked.
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Nestor advised Diomedes to turn back since no person should try to transgress Zeus'will.
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Once man becomes self-satisfies, he has the tendency to transgress.
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- 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"
- Spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline; "The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island"
- Sin: commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
- Pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
- (transgression) the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle; "the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father"
- (transgression) the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata
- (transgression) the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit
- (Transgression (culture)) Mediation - a central idea in traditional magical thinking - is an act of crossing the borders of sacrum and profanum. ...
- (Transgression (geology)) A marine transgression is a geologic event during which sea level rises relative to the land and the shoreline moves toward higher ground, resulting in flooding. ...
