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Meaning of 'transgress'
Meaning of 'transgress' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Transgress 
[ v. i.]
- To offend against the law; to sin. [ v. i.]2. Transgress [ v. t.]
- To pass over or beyond; to surpass. [ v. t.]- Hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the /imit of duty; to break or violate, as a law, civil or moral.
- To offend against; to vex.
Meaning of 'transgress' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. transgress [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
Example in sentence:
- break a law;
- break a promise;
- offend all laws of humanity;
- violate the basic laws or human civilization
Meaning (2):
- spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline
- spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline
Example in sentence:
- The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island
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