transgress
transgress is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the For man will hearken to his glozing lies, And easily transgress the sole command. Milton.
- 2.To offend against; to vex. [Obs.] Why give you peace to this imperate beast That hath so long transgressed you Beau. & Fl.
- 3.To offend against the law; to sin. Who transgressed in the thing accursed. I Chron. ii. 7.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- aside
- back
- bad
- break
- cancel
- close
- coach
- declare
- discard
- disobedience
- drive
- elude
- elusive
- evade
- evasion
- evasive
- fail
- failure
- faith
- fling
- foot
- forfeit
- forfeiture
- from
- fulfill
- give
- go-by
- ignore
- informality
- infraction
- infringe
- infringement
- inobservance
- laches
- lawless
- laxity
- naught
- neglect
- nonobservance
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is transgress.
- What is hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the For man will hearken to his glozing lies, And easily transgress the sole command. Milton called?
- What is to offend against; to vex. [Obs.] Why give you peace to this imperate beast That hath so long transgressed you Beau. & Fl called?
- What is to offend against the law; to sin. Who transgressed in the thing accursed. I Chron. ii. 7 called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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