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The Meaning of trespass

  • (v. i.) To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go.
  • (v. i.) To commit a trespass; esp., to enter unlawfully upon the land of another.
  • (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.
  • (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.
  • (v.) Any injury or offence done to another.
  • (v.) Any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any violation of a known rule of duty; sin.
  • (v.) An unlawful act committed with force and violence (vi et armis) on the person, property, or relative rights of another.
  • (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