go against vs transgress

go against and transgress both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
go against	No	No	Yes	No
transgress	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, go against and transgress are synonyms defined as:

go against and transgress: act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

Other synonyms of go against include breach, break, infract, offend, violate.

As verbs, transgress is a hyponym of go against; that is, transgress is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than go against:

go against: act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
transgress: commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law

Other hyponyms of go against include sin, trespass, blunder, boob, drop the ball, goof, sin, conflict, contravene, infringe, run afoul, trespass, intrude, trespass.

go against (verb)	transgress (verb)
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises	pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
resist	act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns	commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
	spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline

go against vs transgress

go against and transgress both are verbs.

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