transgresses

verb

present tense third-person singular of transgress
1
as in falls
to commit an offense I didn't realize I was transgressing when I told your sister she looked like she had lost weight

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2
as in violates
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

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Recent Examples of transgresses But my way of dealing with that is doing something that transgresses death and making something that stays. — Todd Gilchrist, IndieWire, 24 June 2026 Engaging in what sociologist Staci Newmahr calls edgework, or risky behavior that transgresses social boundaries with another human, produces intimacy. — Literary Hub, 17 June 2026 The film transgresses time to show how greed, faith, desire and the hunger for meaning repeat themselves. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transgresses
  1. falls
  2. violates
  3. wanders
  4. breaks
  5. sins
  6. offends
Verb
  • The company says its reactor’s electrical output falls within the range of a high-performance vehicle drivetrain.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026
  • If Colorado’s 2027 first-round pick is not transferred to the Toronto Maple Leafs or if its 2028 first-round pick falls within the top 10, Nashville instead gets Colorado’s 2029 first-round pick.
    — Peter Baugh, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of falls
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  • In the lawsuit Friday over Golden State Wind, California argues the deal violates the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, which gives California input into offshore leasing decisions.
    — Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • This violates right-to-delete laws, and worse, hackers can reverse-engineer those leftover AI files to steal sensitive health data.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of violates
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  • In one extended sequence, Delaney just wanders his lonely apartment, the ghost of his wife already haunting the place.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Kennedy wanders across the country, picking up a recipe for pozolé de camarón in Jalisco, chuletas de puerco en agridulce (sweet-and-sour pork chops) in Morelia, and chilaquiles en salsa verde from her longtime home state of Michoacán.
    — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of wanders
Verb
  • The move publicly challenges the accuracy of the state’s death determinations in an extraordinary move that breaks precedent that states are the arbiters of case and death determinations, not the CDC.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026
  • According to Rehberger, a terminal operator who shows up when something breaks, handles the paperwork, and keeps machines generating revenue tends to hold onto locations in a way that an initial pitch alone cannot replicate.
    — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of breaks
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  • John DeWitt, the four-star general who oversaw the internment program, in particular, seems to be a forerunner to some of America's worst errors, paranoia, sins.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 1 Dec. 2025
  • God’s likeness, which is our true, spiritual identity, never sins and is never punished.
    — Tony Lobl, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Feb. 2025
Definition of sins
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  • But something about this circus just offends me on a spiritual level.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
  • And if that notion offends you, stay home and watch on television, and turn your man caves into casinos.
    — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 27 June 2026
Definition of offends

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“Transgresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transgresses. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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