vverb.socialact in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promisesSynset:breach break go against infract offend violate
Examples:- offend all laws of humanity
- violate the basic laws or human civilization
- break a law
- break a promise
Antonyms:keep
Derivationally Related Form:breachinfractionoffensiveoffenceviolatortransgressionoffenseviolativeviolableoffendertransgressor
Hypernyms:disrespect
Inherited Hypernyms:transgressdisrespectrelateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:blunderboobconflictcontravenedrop the ballgoofinfringeintruderun afoulsintransgresstrespass
Full Troponyms:break inconflictcrackdrop the ballfallsintrespass
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.stativespread over land, especially along a subsiding shorelineExamples:- The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island
Derivationally Related Form:transgression
Hypernyms:overspread spread
Inherited Hypernyms:transgressspreadcoverbe
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.socialcommit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral lawSynset:sin trespass
Derivationally Related Form:transgressionsinnersinningsin
Hypernyms:breach break go against infract offend transgress violate
Inherited Hypernyms:sintransgressdisrespectrelateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:fall
Full Troponyms:fall
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
vverb.motionpass beyond (limits or boundaries)Synset:overstep trespass
Derivationally Related Form:transgression
Hypernyms:pass
Inherited Hypernyms:transgresspasstravel
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something