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transgress
verb
1 transgress
Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises.
synonyms: breach, break, go against, infract, offend, violate.
Roget 773:
fail,
neglect,
omit,
elude,
evade,
give the go-by to,
set aside,
ignore;
shut one's eyes to,
close one's eyes to.
infringe,
transgress,
violate,
pirate,
break,
trample under foot,
do violence to,
drive a coach and six through.
discard,
protest,
repudiate,
fling to the winds,
set at naught,
nullify,
declare null and void;
cancel
etc.
(wipe off)
552.
retract,
go back from,
be off,
forfeit,
go from one's word,
palter;
stretch a point,
strain a point.
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Roget 927:
violate;
break,
break through;
infringe;
set aside,
set at naught;
encroach upon,
trench upon;
trample on,
trample under foot;
slight,
neglect,
evade,
renounce,
forswear,
repudiate;
wash one's hands of;
escape,
transgress,
fail.
call to account
etc.
(disapprobation)
932.
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Dutch: misdoen, schenden, verbreken
2 transgress
Spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline.
3 transgress
Commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law.
synonyms: sin, trespass.
Roget 945:
be vicious
etc.
adj.;
sin,
commit sin,
do amiss,
err,
transgress;
misdemean oneself†,
forget oneself,
misconduct oneself;
misdo†,
misbehave;
fall,
lapse,
slip,
trip,
offend,
trespass;
deviate from the line of duty,
deviate from the path of virtue
etc.
944;
take a wrong course,
go astray;
hug a sin,
hug a fault;
sow one's wild oats.
render vicious
etc.
adj.;
demoralize,
brutalize;
corrupt
etc.
(degrade)
659.
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Dutch: dolen, dwalen, ontsporen, zondigen
4 transgress
Pass beyond (limits or boundaries).
synonyms: overstep, trespass.
Roget 303:
transgress,
surpass,
pass;
go beyond,
go by;
show in front,
come to the front;
shoot ahead of;
steal a march upon,
steal a gain upon.
overstep,
overpass,
overreach,
overgo†,
override,
overleap,
overjump†,
overskip†,
overlap,
overshoot the mark;
outstrip,
outleap,
outjump,
outgo,
outstep†,
outrun,
outride,
outrival,
outdo;
beat,
beat hollow;
distance;
leave in the lurch,
leave in the rear;
throw into the shade;
exceed,
transcend,
surmount;
soar
etc.
(rise)
305.
encroach,
trespass,
infringe,
trench upon,
entrench on,
intrench on†;
strain;
stretch a point,
strain a point;
cross the Rubicon.
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Dutch: zondigen, schenden, overtreden, overschrijden
Moby thesaurus: advance upon, breach, breach the law, break, break bounds, break the law, care naught for, circumvent the law, commit a crime, commit sin, contravene, defy, disobey, disobey the law, disregard, disregard the law, do amiss, do violence to, do wrong, encroach, err, exceed, fall from grace, flout, go astray, go beyond, go counter to, go too far, go wrong, ignore, infract, infringe, intrude, invade, irrupt, know no bounds, lapse, make an inroad, misbehave, not conform, not heed, not keep, not listen, not mind, not observe, offend, overstep, overstep the bounds, refuse to cooperate, scoff at, set at defiance, set at naught, set naught by, sin, trample on, trample underfoot, trample upon, trespass, usurp, violate, violate the law ... show more.
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