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Term: TRANSGRESS
Definition: When someone transgresses, they break a rule or law. It means they go beyond the limits that have been set. For example, if you are not supposed to eat cookies before dinner and you do, you are transgressing the rule. Another way to think of it is crossing a line that you are not supposed to cross. Someone who transgresses is called a transgressor.
Definition: To break or violate a law, rule, or regulation. To go beyond the limits or boundaries.
Example 1: The company transgressed the environmental regulations by dumping toxic waste into the river.
Example 2: He transgressed the school's code of conduct by cheating on the exam.
Explanation: In both examples, someone has gone beyond the limits or boundaries set by a law or rule. In example 1, the company broke the environmental regulations by dumping toxic waste into the river. In example 2, the student violated the school's code of conduct by cheating on the exam. Both actions are considered transgressions because they went against established rules or laws.