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transgress
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of TRANSGRESS
1
to commit an offense <I didn't realize I was transgressing when I told your sister she looked like she had lost weight>
2
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>
Related Words disobey, rebel; blow off, brush (off), disregard, flout, ignore, neglect, overlook, overpass, pass over, slight, tune out, wink (at); dismiss, pooh-pooh (also pooh), scorn, shrug off; defy, resist, withstand
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