| VERB | social | transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break | act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises |
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| stative | transgress | spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline | |
| social | transgress, sin, trespass | commit a sin | |
| motion | transgress, trespass, overstep | pass beyond (limits or boundaries) |
| Sounds | traenzgreh's | |
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| Rhymes | ABS ... yes: 78 rhymes with ehs... | |
| Meaning | Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break | |
| Narrower | conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene | go against, as of rules and laws |
| drop the ball, sin, blunder, boob, goof | Commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake | |
| sin, transgress, trespass | commit a sin | |
| trespass | break the law | |
| trespass, intrude | Enter unlawfully on someone's property | |
| Broader | disrespect | show a lack of respect for |
| Opposite | observe, keep | conform one's action or practice to |
| Spanish | insultar, ofender, transgredir, violar, vulnerar | |
| Catalan | insultar, transgredir, vulnerar | |
| Nouns | transgression | the act of transgressing |
| transgressor | someone who transgresses | |
| Meaning | spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island" | |
| Broader | spread, overspread | spread across or over |
| Nouns | transgression | the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata |
| Meaning | commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | sin, trespass | |
| Narrower | fall | Yield to temptation or sin |
| Broader | transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break | Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises |
| Spanish | pecar | |
| Catalan | pecar | |
| Nouns | transgression | the act of transgressing |
| Meaning | Pass beyond (limits or boundaries) . | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | trespass, overstep | |
| Broader | pass | go across or through |
| Spanish | transgredir, traspasar | |
| Nouns | transgression | the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit |
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