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Transgress

🔄 Synonyms of "Transgress"

8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
breakverb	(ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
breachnoun	(law) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.
infractverb	(transitive) To infringe, violate or disobey (a rule).
trespassnoun	(law) To enter someone else's property illegally.
overstepverb	(transitive) To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
offendverb	(transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
violateverb	(transitive) To break or disregard (a rule or convention).
go againstverb	To oppose; to resist

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Transgress"

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Word	Definition
overstepverb	(transitive) To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
trespassverb	(law) To enter someone else's property illegally.
infractverb	(transitive) To infringe, violate or disobey (a rule).
go againstverb	To oppose; to resist
violateverb	(transitive) To break or disregard (a rule or convention).
offendverb	(transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
breakverb	(ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
breachverb	(law) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.
infringeverb	(transitive) To break or violate a treaty, a law, a right, etc.
contraveneverb	(transitive) To act contrary to an order; to fail to conform to a regulation or obligation.
errverb	(intransitive, formal) To make a mistake.
outstripverb	To move more quickly than (someone or something) so as to outrun or leave it behind.
transcendverb	(transitive) To pass beyond the limits of something.
overpassnoun	A section of a road or path that crosses over an obstacle, especially another road, railway, etc.
outstepverb	(transitive) To step or go beyond; exceed; overstep.
go pastverb	To surpass a boundary; to go by a limit.
overgoverb	To go beyond; to exceed, surpass.
forpassverb	(intransitive, obsolete) To go by; pass, go past; pass unnoticed; cross.
superateverb	(transitive, rare) To outdo; to surpass; to exceed.
outsurpassverb	(transitive, nonstandard) To surpass or exceed.