TRANSGRESSES Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

transgresses

verb

present tense third-person singular of transgress

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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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 The film transgresses time to show how greed, faith, desire and the hunger for meaning repeat themselves. —

Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026

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When the first of a month falls on a weekend or holiday, the latter being the case for January’s payment, SSI payments are issued on the last weekday of the previous month.

— Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 7 Dec. 2025
So most of them [films] at the time, there’s the melodrama — the poor girl falls with a rich boy, and then the family against her, blah, blah, same old story.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Dec. 2025