(v. t.) Hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the /imit of duty; to break or violate, as a law, civil or moral.
(v. t.) To offend against; to vex.
(v. i.) To offend against the law; to sin.
Example Sentences:
(1) It appears likely to argue that it has already taken steps to deal with coaches and lab technicians who transgressed and insist that there is not enough evidence for Russia to be suspended.
(2) Its specific applications in surgical planning include the question of chest wall invasion, brachial plexus involvement, and transgression of the diaphragm, pericardium, or lung apex.
(3) After transgressing of the pathological process to the state of fibrosis the vessels were showing a striped course presenting a greater number of broncho-pulmonary anastomoses.
(4) Both materials elicited a surrounding inflammatory reaction containing macrophages which transgressed the interstices of only the PGA prostheses.
(5) A case of malignant astrocytoma in the frontoparietal parasagittal region with transgression into the overlying dura mater and the skull is presented.
(6) Renal cell carcinomas were single, unilateral, nonwedge-shaped, and exophytic, and easily transgressed the renal capsule.
(7) And that voice like a whip-crack: impish, transgressive, swooping from a mutter to a scream.
(8) Resisting widely-accepted norms involves varying levels of inconvenience and risk, from women getting funny looks on the bus if they’ve not shaved their legs all the way through to rape and murder for more grave “transgressions”.
(9) When both spouses described their mates as transgressive and themselves as ineffectual responders to transgression, the dysfunction reported by both spouses was pronounced.
(10) She said: "To date, the UK Border Force can do little more than accuse me of intending to possibly commit a future transgression, as it has been forced to admit there has been none.
(11) The combat against the streptococcal infection by means of penicillin transgresses into a recidivation prophylaxis with benzathin-penicillin, which is to be performed up to an age of 5 years.
(12) Feinstein, in an extraordinary Senate floor speech, said the CIA had transgressed its constitutional boundaries and prompted a crisis, one that the CIA inspector general is examining.
(13) More than 200 people complained about transgressions including swearing before the 9pm watershed, when Cocozza shouted "fucking have it, get in there" after avoiding being voted out, and glamorising alcohol abuse in clips showing him partying in London nightclubs.
(14) "You do get blasts every now and then about talks or items within political programmes or current affairs programmes where people feel that we have transgressed our impartiality ethos.
(15) Joey's slap in the face to his parents is certainly transgressive, "a stunning act of sedition and a dagger to Patty's heart".
(16) It is "a transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of the deity, or the interposition of some invisible agent."
(17) Speaking on Monday morning, Hanningfield, a 73-year-old former pig farmer, stopped short of offering an apology for his latest transgression, but said that he had not known what he was doing was wrong and intends to return to the House of Lords after his suspension.
(18) We concluded that aseptic practices, as routinely performed without any noticeable breaks or transgressions, do not guarantee sterility.
(19) His decision to re-integrate Bardsley following a couple of serious disciplinary transgressions during Paolo Di Canio's tenure was rewarded by the full-back's second goal in two games.
(20) However, the manner in which this new system is being implemented in some cases transgresses some fundamental principles of MCQ examinations.
Transgressor
Definition:
(n.) One who transgresses; one who breaks a law, or violates a command; one who violates any known rule or principle of rectitude; a sinner.
Example Sentences:
(1) But the Enterprise Act 2002 says ignoring an order can result in the transgressor being brought before a court and fined and facing possible civil proceedings.
(2) In this case, aggression is motivated by restoration of a social justice, and thus its intensity is determined by the perceived moral responsibility of the transgressor.
(3) Its madrasas did not necessarily encourage extremism but did shape the founders of Boko Haram, who embraced the Qur'anic phrase: "Anyone who is not governed by what Allah has revealed is among the transgressors."
(4) And it is worth noting about the classic heroines of literature, Anna Karenina or Madame Bovary , or even the characters in David Lean's Brief Encounter , that they are not compulsive transgressors.
(5) Both transgressors escaped punishment, but the most significant difference between the incidents was in their outcome.
(6) We have yet to map an "inbreeding avoider" gene or design a psychological test that can accurately diagnose incest transgressors.
(7) I was spared the early years of the Islamic Republic, but my mother recalls how diligent she had to be to avoid giving the morality police – or anyone else with the authority to judge appearances – any pretext to find fault with her, as jail sentences for “protesting” were all too common for dress-code transgressors.
(8) Transgressors ultimately face the possibility of transfer bans or having players excluded from the Champions League .
(9) But twice as many Labour supporters – 65% – are more concerned about bringing tax-dodging wealth than welfare transgressors – 33% – to book An undeclared £10 is not the same as suitcases of cash from Swiss banks Read more Tax is far from the only issue, of course.
(10) The book ends in nightmare scenarios of zombie politicians and lynch mobs hunting down transgressors.
(11) The biggest transgressor seems to be the education secretary, Michael Gove, who has assembled a praetorian guard of sympathisers.
(12) Macmillan wanted to eject Profumo from the privy council to show how forcefully, if belatedly, he could deal with lying sexual transgressors.
(13) Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave, the Meryl Streep drama August: Osage County, Stephen Frears's Philomena and Justin Chadwick's Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom have all been named as transgressors by the Hollywood Reporter, though there is no suggestion of any wrongdoing by any of the studios involved.
(14) (3) Aggression can be interpreted as a punishment when it is directed toward a transgressor.
(15) "Forgive me," plead the transgressors, "for I knowed not what I done.
(16) The transgressor and transgressed cell membranes were intact and both cells retained their integrity.