Definition of transgress

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Transgress (v. t.) Hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the /imit of duty; to break or violate, as a law, civil or moral..

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Excess :: Excess (n.) An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.
Violation :: Violation (n.) Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc..
Transgression :: Transgression (n.) The act of transgressing, or of passing over or beyond any law, civil or moral; the violation of a law or known principle of rectitude; breach of command; fault; offense; crime; sin..
Knight Marshal :: Knight marshal () An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties..
Trespass :: Trespass (v. i.) To commit any offense, or to do any act that injures or annoys another; to violate any rule of rectitude, to the injury of another; hence, in a moral sense, to transgress voluntarily any divine law or command; to violate any known rule of duty; to sin; -- often followed by against..
Forfeit :: Forfeit (v. i.) To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.
Sin :: Sin (n.) Transgression of the law of God; disobedience of the divine command; any violation of God's will, either in purpose or conduct; moral deficiency in the character; iniquity; as, sins of omission and sins of commission..
Overstep :: Overstep (v. t.) To step over or beyond; to transgress.
Infringe :: Infringe (v. t.) To break; to violate; to transgress; to neglect to fulfill or obey; as, to infringe a law or contract..
Escape :: Escape (n.) That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression..
Remission :: Remission (n.) Discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression; release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc..
Unlaw :: Unlaw (n.) Any transgression or offense against the law.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or course of life; to reform.
Penitent :: Penitent (n.) One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.
Transgressor :: Transgressor (n.) One who transgresses; one who breaks a law, or violates a command; one who violates any known rule or principle of rectitude; a sinner..
Sin :: Sin (n.) To depart voluntarily from the path of duty prescribed by God to man; to violate the divine law in any particular, by actual transgression or by the neglect or nonobservance of its injunctions; to violate any known rule of duty; -- often followed by against..
Trespass :: Trespass (v.) Any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any violation of a known rule of duty; sin.
Peccable :: Peccable (a.) Liable to sin; subject to transgress the divine law.
Prevaricate :: Prevaricate (v. t.) To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert.
Forfete :: Forfete (v. i.) To incur a penalty; to transgress.
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