What is the meaning of transgress?

Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises.
- usage: "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"
- synonyms: offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
Spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline.
- usage: "The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island"
Commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law.
- synonyms: sin, trespass
Pass beyond (limits or boundaries. ).
- synonyms: trespass, overstep

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