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The Meaning of trespass
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(v. i.) To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go.
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(v. i.) To commit a trespass; esp., to enter unlawfully upon the land of another.
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(v. i.) To go too far; to put any one to inconvenience by demand or importunity; to intrude; as, to trespass upon the time or patience of another.
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(v. i.) To commit any offense, or to do any act that injures or annoys another; to violate any rule of rectitude, to the injury of another; hence, in a moral sense, to transgress voluntarily any divine law or command; to violate any known rule of duty; to sin; -- often followed by against.
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(v.) Any injury or offence done to another.
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(v.) Any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any violation of a known rule of duty; sin.
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(v.) An unlawful act committed with force and violence (vi et armis) on the person, property, or relative rights of another.
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(v.) An action for injuries accompanied with force.
Synonyms
violation
,
encroachment
,
intrusion
,
usurpation
,
infringement
,
misdemeanor
,
irreverence
,
ravishment
,
assault
,
infraction
,
invasion
,
misdemeanour
,
rape
,
impact
,
impingement
,
overstep
,
intrude
,
nose
,
pry
,
poke
,
horn in
,
sin
,
obtrude
,
transgress
,
take advantage
,
irrupt
,
capitalize
,
capitalise
,
violate
,
breach
,
infract
,
goof
,
boob
,
offend
,
drop the ball
,
break
,
blunder
,
go against
,
exceed
,
top
,
go past
,
transcend
,
pass
,
attack
,
aggression
,
incursion
,
onslaught
,
onset
Antonyms
defense
,
repulsion
,
resistance
,
retreat
,
submission
,
surrender
Rhymes
alas
,
alsace
,
amass
,
ass
,
bass
,
basse
,
blass
,
bluegrass
,
bras
,
brass
,
bypass
,
cas
,
casque
,
cass
,
chasse
,
class
,
contrasts
,
crass
,
depass
,
eelgrass
,
eyeglass
,
fahs
,
fass
,
fiberglas
,
fiberglass
,
forecasts
,
gas
,
gass
,
glas
,
glass
,
gras
,
grass
,
grasse
,
harass
,
hass
,
hourglass
,
impasse
,
jackass
,
jass
,
klas
,
klass
,
kras
,
krass
,
kvass
,
lambastes
,
landmass
,
lass
,
last
,
mass
,
masse
,
middle-class
,
morass
,
nass
,
outclass
,
overpass
,
pass
,
plas
,
plass
,
plasse
,
plexiglas
,
plexiglass
,
ras
,
repass
,
sas
,
sass
,
sassafras
,
sasse
,
shortgrass
,
spyglass
,
strass
,
sunglass
,
surpass
,
tallgrass
,
tass
,
tasse
,
trass
,
umass
,
underpass
,
vanasse
,
vass
,
wrasse
,
yass