From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtransgresstrans‧gress /trænzˈɡres $ træns-/ verb [intransitive, transitive] formal ILLEGALto do something that is against the rules of social behaviour or against a moral principle Orton’s plays transgress accepted social norms. —transgressor noun [countable] —transgression /-ˈɡreʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb table
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transgress• The act is too attractive, and they are tempted to transgress.• Why weren't they ruled out of order before they transgressed?• The terms of the treaty were transgressed almost immediately.• The sanctity of marriage should not be transgressed, and adulterers stand the risk of being stoned ... and viceversa.• Almost immediately this treaty was transgressed by the construction of fortified trading posts on the Platte River and along the Oregon Trail.• Attention still came to Margarett naturally, and to respond, she believed, transgressed nothing.• Xorandor's logic transgresses that of binary systems because he combines mutually exclusive operations.• The groups carrying on the violence are transgressing the majority will of the peoples they purport to represent.Origin transgress (1400-1500) French transgresser, from Latin, past participle of transgredi “to step beyond”, from gredi “to step” 