All 4 Uses
transgress
in
The Giver
(Edited)
- The rules say that if there's a third transgression, he simply has to be released.
p. 9.1transgression = breaking of rules
- His transgressions were small ones, always: shoes on the wrong feet, schoolwork misplaced, failure to study adequately for a quiz.
p. 45.9 *
- Jonas has, like all of us, committed minor transgressions.
p. 62.5transgressions = rule violations
- A major transgression.
p. 165.9transgression = rule violation
Definitions:
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(1)
(transgress) to violate a rule, promise, or social norm
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely (and archaically), transgress can mean: "spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline" as in "The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island."