— transgressive , adj. — transgressively , adv. — transgressor , n.
/trans gres", tranz-/
v.i.
1. to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
v.t.
2. to pass over or go beyond (a limit, boundary, etc.): to transgress bounds of prudence.
3. to go beyond the limits imposed by (a law, command, etc.); violate; infringe: to transgress the will of God.
[ 1520-30; transgressus (ptp. of transgredi to step across), equiv. to trans- TRANS- + -gred- (comb. form of gradi to step; see GRADE) + -tus ptp. suffix, with dt > ss ]
Syn. 1. err, trespass. 3. contravene, disobey.
Ant. 3. obey.