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Meanings of transgress in English

Portuguese
transgredir
Spanish
violar

Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises.

transgredir
Portuguese
pecar
Spanish
pecar

Pass beyond (limits or boundaries)

pecar

To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary.

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Examples for "contravene"
Examples for "contravene"
1
Don't wear them in public; it might contravene our air of poverty.
The lies of locke lamora
2
The Apple statement also doesn't contravene the central significance of the attacks.
Wired
3
All contravene the spirit that Team Sky was set up to exemplify.
The Guardian
4
You'll find they are worth something if you try to contravene them.
Land of marvels
5
When we cross it or seek to contravene it, we are destroyed.
Time and Change
Usage of transgress in English
1
But those who transgress the general rule of uplifting are the exceptions.
Twentieth Century Negro Literature / Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought...
2
If the team leadership is lax, they are more likely to transgress.
Radio NZ
3
Forgiveness does not at once and wholly annihilate the tendency to transgress.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor P...
4
Say rather that we transgress the laws of the cattle kings, captain.
The Boy Land Boomer; Or, Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma
5
God speaks oftener to those who transgress than those who do not.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream / A Scien...
6
Madeleine, I shall offend you, perhaps, for I am about to transgress.
Fairy Fingers / A Novel
7
They asked, Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders?
All Four Gospels for Readers
8
They asked, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders?
The Gospel of Matthew for Readers
9
You would not let her transgress, and ruin her sister's good bicycle.
Modern Broods; Or, Developments Unlooked For
10
They cannot transgress the control of these laws in one detail or particular.
Foundations of World Unity
11
They do not heroically transgress our shared ethical rules, they simply lack them.
The Guardian
12
I can't transgress because I can't figure out what would be socially unacceptable.
The Wise Man’s Fear
13
If we transgress the law, we must pay in proportion to our transgression.
West Wind Drift
14
Pretty much the way piranhas transgress the bounds of dining etiquette.
Cauldron of Ghosts
15
Fortunately the proportion of men who thus transgress is not large.
The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction / Also Sex...
16
Y: Between them is a Barrier which they do not transgress:
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side
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Translations for transgress
Transgress through the time
Transgress across language varieties
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