I. tran(t)sˈgres, traan-, -nzˈ- verb
( -ed/-ing/-es )
Etymology: French transgresser, from Latin transgressus, past participle of transgredi to step beyond or across, cross, from trans- + -gredi (from gradi to step, go) — more at grade
transitive verb
1. : to go beyond limits set or prescribed by (law or command) : break , violate
had transgressed a solemn unwritten law and thereby fallen to the position of an enemy of society — Hamilton Basso
transgressed the divine law … is doomed to eternal punishment — A.C.McGiffert
2. : to pass beyond or go over (a limit or boundary) : cross
the adjacent seas transgressed almost all the coast … at the close of the last glaciation — J.B.Bird
can migrate … and transgress their natural climatic barriers — S.A.Cain
the power … to transgress economic and political boundaries — C.D.Forde
intransitive verb
1. : to break or violate a command or law : trespass , sin
we downrightly transgressed by … taking off our stockings to wade in the brook — Mary Austin
2. : to go beyond a boundary or limit
an Arctic sea transgressed southward through western Canada — E.B.Branson & W.A.Tarr
II. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
( -es )
: transgression b