violate vs transgress

violate and transgress both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
violate	No	No	Yes	No
transgress	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, violate and transgress are synonyms defined as:

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

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

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

violate (verb)	transgress (verb)
destroy	pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
destroy and strip of its possession	act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises	commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
force (someone) to have sex against their will	spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline
violate the sacred character of a place or language
fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns