a. rare. [ad. L. transgredient-em, pr. pple. of transgredī: see TRANSGRESS v.] Transgressing. a. Violating a law or obligation. b. Passing beyond subjective limits; objective.
1837. Syd. Smith, Wks. (1850), 608. To paint the other branches of the Church as such slippery transgredient mortals.
1904. H. H. Bawden, in Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods, 4 Aug., 426. It [pragmatism] guarantees no objective or social certainty. Its standards are lacking in the essential character of a standard—transgredient reference and verifiability.
