transgress
Verb
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Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises (synset 202572443)
"offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"is a type of: disrespect - show a lack of respect forsubtypes:
- sin, transgress, trespass - commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
- blunder, boob, drop the ball, goof, sin - commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
- conflict, contravene, infringe, run afoul - go against, as of rules and laws
- trespass - break the law
- intrude, trespass - enter unlawfully on someone's property
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Spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline (synset 202695371)
"The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island"is a type of: overspread, spread - spread across or over
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Commit a sin;
Violate a law of God or a moral law (synset 202571602)is a type of: breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate - act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promisessubtypes: fall - yield to temptation or sin -
Pass beyond (limits or boundaries) (synset 202023426)
is a type of: pass - go across or through
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