transgresses in English

verb

1

infringe or go beyond the bounds of (a moral principle or other established standard of behavior).

she had transgressed an unwritten social law

synonyms: misbehave, behave badly, break the law, err, fall from grace, stray from the straight and narrow, sin, do wrong, go astray, trespass, infringe, breach, contravene, disobey, defy, violate, break, flout

verb

misbehave, behave badly, break the law, err, fall from grace, stray from the straight and narrow, sin, do wrong, go astray, trespass
infringe, breach, contravene, disobey, defy, violate, break, flout
trespass, sin
breach, infract, go against, offend, violate, break
overstep, trespass

Use "transgresses" in a sentence

1. If a politician transgresses, that is not the fault of the media.

2. Those are the rules, and anyone who transgresses will be severely punished.

3. Xorandor's logic transgresses that of binary systems because he combines mutually exclusive operations.

4. Barrater: 1 n someone guilty of barratry Synonyms: Barrator Type of: offender , wrongdoer a person who transgresses moral or civil law

5. Barrator: 1 n someone guilty of barratry Synonyms: Barrater Type of: offender , wrongdoer a person who transgresses moral or civil law 7

6. The SC ruled that leaving his wife and family to Cohabit with a married mistress definitely transgresses the clearly defined bounds of decency and morality

7. Courtly love is a religion of love that contradicts Christian theology and its social conventions, for it transgresses the boundaries of Christian marriage and proposes a love relationship between socially unequal persons.

8. Aggressor, assailant, assaulter offender, wrongdoer - a person who transgresses moral or civil law ambusher - an Attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack avenger, retaliator - someone who takes vengeance

9. Hypernyms ("Assailant" is a kind of): offender; wrongdoer (a person who transgresses moral or civil law) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Assailant"): ambusher (an attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack) avenger; retaliator (someone who takes vengeance)