society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > do wrongfully or amiss [verb (transitive)] > transgress (a moral limit) (7)
transitive. figurative. To pass (a conceptual or moral limit); to transgress. Obsolete.
transitive. To go beyond the bounds or limits prescribed by (a law, command, etc.); to break, violate, infringe, contravene, trespass against.
transitive. To go beyond (a limit, as of what is considered socially acceptable, feasible, etc.); to violate (a rule or standard of behaviour).