All 3 Uses of
transgress
in
The Poisonwood Bible
- Being always the first to spot flaws and transgressions, it falls upon Father to deliver penance.†
Chpt 1 *transgressions = acts that violate rules, promises, or social norms
- By such a fate it came to pass that the transgressor died, not even getting burial in the ground.†
Chpt 5transgressor = someone who violates a rule, promise, or social norm
- We are the balance of our damage and our transgressions.†
Chpt 6transgressions = acts that violate rules, promises, or social norms
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) 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."