v. t. | 1. | To pass over or beyond; to surpass. |
2. | Hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the imit of duty; to break or violate, as a law, civil or moral. | |
3. | To offend against; to vex. | |
v. i. | 1. | To offend against the law; to sin. |
Verb | 1. | transgress - act in disregard of laws and rules; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law" |
2. | transgress - spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline; "The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island" | |
3. | transgress - commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law | |
4. | transgress - pass beyond (limits or boundaries) |