transgress

transgress

verb

Definition of TRANSGRESS

1

to commit an offense <I didn't realize I was transgressing when I told your sister she looked like she had lost weight>

Synonyms err, fall, sin, stray, transgress, trespass, wander

Related Words breach, break, infringe, violate; backslide, lapse; mess up

Near Antonyms forgive, justify, pardon; regret, repent, rue

2

to fail to keep <don't even think about transgressing the drug laws of that Asian country, for punishments are severe and there's nothing that our government can do to intervene>

Synonyms breach, break, contravene, fracture, infringe, offend, traduce, transgress

Related Words disobey, rebel; blow off, brush (off), disregard, flout, ignore, neglect, overlook, overpass, pass over, slight, tune out, wink (at); dismiss, pooh-pooh (also pooh), scorn, shrug off; defy, resist, withstand

Near Antonyms defer (to), serve, submit (to), surrender (to), yield (to); attend, hear, heed, listen (to), mark, note, notice, regard, watch

Antonyms comply (with), conform (to), follow, mind, obey, observe