Origin: Latin prefix trans-
Transgress has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
"offend all laws of humanity"
"violate the basic laws or human civilization"
"break a law"
"break a promise"
spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline
"The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island"
commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary.