" transgressors "

1: as in offenders, lawbreakers;

•  Synonyms : 

•  criminals,

•  crooks,

•  felons,

•  lawbreakers,

•  miscreants,

•  misdoers,

•  misfeasors,

•  offenders,

•  reprobates,

•  villains,

•  evildoers,

•  immoralists,

•  malefactors,

•  sinners,

•  wrongdoers,

•  corrupters

•  Antonyms : 

•  angels,

•  innocents,

•  saints

1: to commit an offense;

  * e.g., " ... I didn't realize I was transgressing when I told your sister she looked like she had lost weight "

•  Synonyms : 

•  err,

•  fall,

•  offend,

•  sin,

•  stray,

•  trespass,

•  wander

•  Antonyms : 

•  comply (with),

•  conform (to),

•  follow,

•  mind,

•  obey,

•  observe

2: to fail to keep;

  * e.g., " ... don't even think about transgressing the drug laws of that Asian country, for punishments are severe and there's nothing that our government can do to intervene "

•  Synonyms : 

•  breach,

•  break,

•  contravene,

•  fracture,

•  infringe (on or upon),

•  offend,

•  traduce,

•  violate

•  Antonyms : 

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