Thesaurus / transgress
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We will have the space and time to transgress some of the differences or issues that are perhaps today not the top priority.
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For I know that transgressing thou wilt transgress, and I have called thee a transgressor from the womb.
For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress.
THE ORDINANCE OF COVENANTINGJOHN CUNNINGHAM
They will observe human laws punctiliously, but the laws of God they transgress without the flicker of an eyelid.
COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANSMARTIN LUTHER
It is only the few who transgress; and thus many absurdities are never or very rarely dragged into the light of a "decision."
THE COLLEGE, THE MARKET, AND THE COURTCAROLINE H. DALL
But one day finding himself near it, the temptation to transgress was irresistible.
THE SCIENCE OF FAIRY TALESEDWIN SIDNEY HARTLAND
The tiger did nothing that a tiger ought not to do, nor did George transgress any of those "unities" which such combats require.
BARRINGTONCHARLES JAMES LEVER
One is that when it is a question of doing something for a great cause in a critical time, it is permitted to transgress a law.
A HISTORY OF MEDIAEVAL JEWISH PHILOSOPHYISAAC HUSIK
It is a greater sin to despise Gods free, merciful offer of eternal life than to transgress the commandments of His justice.
THE EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE: THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWSTHOMAS CHARLES EDWARDS
No sooner, however, does the artist transgress the law of his medium than we realize with a start that there is a medium to obey.
LANGUAGEEDWARD SAPIR
WORDS RELATED TO TRANSGRESS
- balk
- be remiss
- break rules
- contravene
- counteract
- dare
- decline
- defy
- desert
- differ
- disagree
- evade
- flout
- fly in face of
- go counter to
- ignore
- infringe
- insurrect
- misbehave
- mutiny
- neglect
- not heed
- not listen
- not mind
- object
- overstep
- pay no attention to
- rebel
- recalcitrate
- resist
- revolt
- revolution
- revolutionize
- riot
- rise in arms
- run riot
- set aside
- shirk
- strike
- take law into own hands
- transgress
- violate
- withstand
- be in error
- be inaccurate
- be incorrect
- be mistaken
- blow
- blunder
- bollix
- boo-boo
- deviate
- drop the ball
- fall
- flub
- foul up
- go astray
- go wrong
- goof
- lapse
- louse up
- make a mess of
- mess up
- misapprehend
- misbehave
- miscalculate
- misjudge
- muff
- offend
- screw up
- sin
- slip up
- snafu
- snarl up
- stray
- stumble
- transgress
- trespass
- wander
- be in error
- be inaccurate
- be incorrect
- be mistaken
- blow
- blunder
- bollix
- boo-boo
- deviate
- drop the ball
- fall
- flub
- foul up
- go astray
- go wrong
- goof
- lapse
- louse up
- make a mess of
- mess up
- misapprehend
- misbehave
- miscalculate
- misjudge
- muff
- offend
- screw up
- sin
- slip up
- snafu
- snarl up
- stray
- stumble
- transgress
- trespass
- wander
- act up
- be at fault
- be bad
- be dissolute
- be guilty
- be immoral
- be indecorous
- be insubordinate
- be mischievous
- be out of line
- be out of order
- be reprehensible
- bend the law
- carry on
- cut up
- deviate
- do evil
- do wrong
- fail
- fool around
- get into mischief
- go astray
- go wrong
- make trouble
- misconduct
- offend
- roughhouse
- sin
- sow wild oats
- take a wrong turn
- transgress
- trespass
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