transgress
to cross a rule or boundary
Roots
- gress / grad: step, walk, go, or move
- trans-: across, through, or beyond
Other words with the gress / grad root
- digress: to stray from the main point
- digression: a departure from the main point
- progress: forward movement or improvement
- regress: to move backward or return to an earlier state
- transgression: an act of crossing a rule or boundary
Trans- plus gress gives stepping across a boundary.
The student transgressed the rule by opening notes during the quiz.