trans·gress
[trans-gres, tranz-]

–verb (used without object)
1. to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.

–verb (used with object)
2. to pass over or go beyond (a limit, boundary, etc.): to transgress bounds of prudence.

3. to go beyond the limits imposed by (a law, command, etc.); violate; infringe: to transgress the will of god.