transgress

C2+ Topic:Law & Government

Also spelled trangressed

US /trænsˈɡrɛs/ UK /trænzˈɡrɛs/ See IPA manual

verb

Meanings

1

verb
to violate a law, command, or moral boundary

Anyone who dared transgress the curfew was promptly arrested.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to violate a law, command,... violate breach infringe offend trespass contravene sin overstep

Opposites

obey comply observe respect

Word family

Derived forms transgressiontransgressortransgressive

Related forms progress regress digress ingress

Etymology

From Latin trānsgressus, past participle of trānsgredī ('to step across'), from trāns ('across') + gradī ('to step, walk').

trānsgredī Latin trāns Latin gradī Latin

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Law & Government Word Formation & Derivatives

# transgress

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** trænsˈɡrɛs
**IPA (UK):** trænzˈɡrɛs

## Meanings
1. to violate a law, command, or moral boundary

## Examples
- Anyone who dared transgress the curfew was promptly arrested.

## Synonyms
- violate
- breach
- infringe
- offend
- trespass
- contravene
- sin
- overstep

## Antonyms
- obey
- comply
- observe
- respect

## Derived Forms
- transgression
- transgressor
- transgressive

## Related Forms
- progress
- regress
- digress
- ingress

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: trānsgredī
- Root: trāns
- Root: gradī

## Etymology
From Latin trānsgressus, past participle of trānsgredī ('to step across'), from trāns ('across') + gradī ('to step, walk').

## AI Etymology
Transgress is from Latin trānsgressus, past participle of trānsgredī ('to step across'), from trāns ('across') + gradī ('to step, walk'). Important recorded forms include trānsgredī (Latin), trāns (Latin), and gradī (Latin). Morphologically, the trans- element contributes the sense of across, through, beyond, or change from one state into another. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers to violate a law, command, or moral boundary. The wider family includes derived forms such as transgression, transgressor, and transgressive and related words such as progress, regress, digress, and ingress.

## Topics
- Law & Government
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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