Associations to the word «Transgress»
Noun
- Commandment
- Precept
- Propriety
- Prohibition
- Censure
- Allah
- Boundary
- Norm
- Bound
- Limit
- Obedience
- Taboo
- Quixote
- Covenant
- Almighty
- Punishment
- Arjuna
- Torah
- Ordinance
- Etiquette
- Chivalry
- Atonement
- Sin
- Forgiveness
- Modesty
- Decency
- Restraint
- Adultery
- Simeon
- Sabbath
- Morality
- Jew
- Dictate
- Cretaceous
- Moses
- Law
- Rule
- Righteousness
- Gravity
- Wrath
- Penalty
- Rabbi
- Intercourse
- Socrates
- Scribe
- Guilt
- Decree
- Conduct
- Virtue
- Shoreline
- God
- Ethic
- Abode
- Him
- Temptation
- Lust
- Statute
- Ethics
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
TRANSGRESS, verb. (transitive) To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary.
TRANSGRESS, verb. (transitive) To act in violation of some law.
TRANSGRESS, verb. (intransitive) (construed with against) To commit an offense; to sin.
TRANSGRESS, verb. (intransitive) (of the sea) To spread over land along a shoreline; to inundate.
Dictionary definition
TRANSGRESS, verb. Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise".
TRANSGRESS, verb. Spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline; "The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island".
TRANSGRESS, verb. Commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law.
TRANSGRESS, verb. Pass beyond (limits or boundaries).
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.