Transgress

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To offend against; to Vex.

II. Transgress ·vi To offend against the law; to Sin.

III. Transgress ·vt To pass over or beyond; to Surpass.

IV. Transgress ·vt Hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the /imit of duty; to break or violate, as a law, civil or moral.