transgress

verbs

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"

breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate

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spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline

"The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island"

transgress

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is a type of (narrower)

spread across or over

"A big oil spot spread across the water"

commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law

sin, transgress, trespass

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pass beyond (limits or boundaries)

overstep, transgress, trespass

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