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transgress
[trans-gres, tranz-]
transgress
/ ٰæԳˈɡɛ /
verb
to break (a law, rule, etc)
to go beyond or overstep (a limit)
Other Word Forms
- transgressive adjective
- transgressively adverb
- transgressor noun
- nontransgressive adjective
- nontransgressively adverb
- untransgressed adjective
- ٰԲˈǰ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of transgress1
Word History and Origins
Origin of transgress1
Example Sentences
It matters less to me that we transgress, that we fall back or fall prey to our lesser angels.
Battle lines are drawn and immediately transgressed in a play that takes farce out of the bedroom and into administrative corridors and cubicles.
"We don't allow anyone to transgress on our land," he said.
As the leader, Verstappen always had the advantage, but the destiny of the race was up in the air until Norris was judged to have transgressed in failing to slow for a yellow caution flag.
It does its best to misbehave, transgressing between the real and the imaginary, between emotions dangerously raw and overcooked, breaking boundaries between what we call classical music and what we don’t.
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