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transgresses

verb

present tense third-person singular of transgress
1
as in falls
to commit an offense I didn't realize I was transgressing when I told your sister she looked like she had lost weight

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2
as in violates
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

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Recent Examples of transgresses But my way of dealing with that is doing something that transgresses death and making something that stays. — Todd Gilchrist, IndieWire, 24 June 2026 Engaging in what sociologist Staci Newmahr calls edgework, or risky behavior that transgresses social boundaries with another human, produces intimacy. — Literary Hub, 17 June 2026 The film transgresses time to show how greed, faith, desire and the hunger for meaning repeat themselves. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transgresses
  1. falls
  2. violates
  3. wanders
  4. breaks
  5. sins
  6. offends
Verb
  • Because every moment is narrated in Ugandan Sign Language and International Sign, Deaf travelers are more deeply immersed in the experience, and a welcome hush falls over the environment—which is, surprise, appreciated by the wildlife too.
    — CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
  • However, the salt can solidify if its temperature falls too close to its freezing point.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of falls
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  • The numbers may be right while the decision violates a policy, bypasses a control or occurs at the wrong point in the process.
    — Sunil Padiyar, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The court did not decide whether allowing transgender girls to compete in girls’ sports violates Title IX, instead ruling that California lacked clear notice that excluding transgender athletes was a condition of receiving federal education funding.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of violates
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  • Perhaps most telling of all, Stone cuts the character of Carlotta, a governess born to circus performers who wanders through the play like a lost clown, origin-less, amused, and sad.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
  • His storytelling wanders us through the city, from one seemingly unplanned pocket of interest to another—what a media or urban critic (and Wilson is both) might call a dérive.
    — Lila Allen, Architectural Digest, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of wanders
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  • But about 1 in 20 patients progress to severe dengue, a life-threatening turn that tends to strike just as the fever breaks – often around days three to seven, when patients and their families may wrongly assume the worst is over.
    — Andrés Henao, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Dillane, superb in Harris Dickinson’s Urchin, has presence but is somewhat shortchanged by the script’s one-dimensional grasp of Willoughby, the dashing romantic hero revealed to be an opportunistic cad who breaks Marianne’s heart.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of breaks
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  • John DeWitt, the four-star general who oversaw the internment program, in particular, seems to be a forerunner to some of America's worst errors, paranoia, sins.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 1 Dec. 2025
  • God’s likeness, which is our true, spiritual identity, never sins and is never punished.
    — Tony Lobl, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Feb. 2025
Definition of sins
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  • Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris returning from NFL training camps to college offends my sensibilities.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 4 Sep. 2026
  • But something about this circus just offends me on a spiritual level.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of offends

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“Transgresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transgresses. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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