Results for transgress

Definitions of transgress:

part of speech: verb transitive

To break, sin against, or violate; as, to transgress a law.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To break a law, rule, etc.; to sin.

part of speech: verb transitive

To pass beyond a limit: to break, as a law.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To offend by violating a law: to sin.

part of speech: noun

Transgressor.

Usage examples for transgress:

• There is another law which reaches even into the lawless North Woods and which says, " Transgress against me and not another but yourself shall shape your punishment." "Wolf Breed", Jackson Gregory

• Mr. Palliser, though a Radical in public life, would not for worlds transgress the social laws of his ancestors; and so the matter was settled. "Can You Forgive Her?", Anthony Trollope