'Trespass' definitions:
Definition of 'trespass'
(from WordNet)
noun
A wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages
noun
Entry to another's property without right or permission [syn: trespass, encroachment, violation, intrusion, usurpation]
verb
Enter unlawfully on someone's property; "Don't trespass on my land!" [syn: trespass, intrude]
verb
Make excessive use of; "You are taking advantage of my good will!"; "She is trespassing upon my privacy" [syn: trespass, take advantage]
verb
Break the law
verb
Commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law [syn: sin, transgress, trespass]
verb
Pass beyond (limits or boundaries) [syn: transgress, trespass, overstep]
Definition of 'Trespass'
From: GCIDE
- Trespass \Tres"pass\, n. [OF. trespas, F. tr['e]pas death. See Trespass, v.]
- 1. Any injury or offence done to another. [1913 Webster]
- I you forgive all wholly this trespass. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- If ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. --Matt. vi. 15. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any violation of a known rule of duty; sin. [1913 Webster]
- The fatal trespass done by Eve. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- You . . . who were dead in trespasses and sins. --Eph. if. 1. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Law) (a) An unlawful act committed with force and violence (vi et armis) on the person, property, or relative rights of another. (b) An action for injuries accompanied with force. [1913 Webster]
- Trespass offering (Jewish Antiq.), an offering in expiation of a trespass.
- Trespass on the case. (Law) See Action on the case, under Case. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Offense; breach; infringement; transgression; misdemeanor; misdeed. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Trespass'
From: GCIDE
- Trespass \Tres"pass\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trespassed; p. pr. & vb. n. Trespassing.] [OF. trespasser to go across or over, transgress, F. tr['e]passer to die; pref. tres- (L. trans across, over) + passer to pass. See Pass, v. i., and cf. Transpass.]
- 1. To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Soon after this, noble Robert de Bruce . . . trespassed out of this uncertain world. --Ld. Berners. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) To commit a trespass; esp., to enter unlawfully upon the land of another. [1913 Webster]
- 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. 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. [1913 Webster]
- In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord. --2 Chron. xxviii. 22. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'trespass'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adopt,
- adoption,
- advance upon,
- appropriate,
- appropriation,
- arrogate,
- arrogation,
- assume,
- assumption,
- atrocity,
- bad faith,
- barge in,
- breach,
- breach of contract,
- breach of faith,
- breach of law,
- breach of privilege,
- breach of promise,
- breach of trust,
- breach the law,
- break,
- break bounds,
- break in,
- break in upon,
- break the law,
- breaking,
- burst in,
- butt in,
- charge in,
- circumvent the law,
- come between,
- commit a crime,
- commit sin,
- contravene,
- contravention,
- crash,
- crash in,
- crash the gates,
- creep in,
- crime,
- crime against humanity,
- crowd in,
- cut in,
- deadly sin,
- defy,
- delinquency,
- dereliction,
- deviate,
- disobey the law,
- disregard the law,
- do amiss,
- do violence to,
- do wrong,
- do wrong by,
- edge in,
- elbow in,
- encroach,
- encroachment,
- enormity,
- enter,
- entrance,
- entrench,
- entrenchment,
- err,
- error,
- evil,
- failure,
- fault,
- felony,
- flout,
- foist in,
- genocide,
- go too far,
- guilty act,
- heavy sin,
- horn in,
- impinge,
- impingement,
- impose,
- impose on,
- impose upon,
- imposition,
- impropriety,
- incursion,
- indiscretion,
- inexpiable sin,
- infiltrate,
- infiltration,
- influx,
- infract,
- infraction,
- infringe,
- infringement,
- iniquity,
- injection,
- injury,
- injustice,
- inroad,
- insinuate,
- insinuation,
- interfere,
- interference,
- interjection,
- interlope,
- interloping,
- intermeddle,
- interpose,
- interposition,
- interposure,
- interruption,
- intervene,
- intervention,
- intrude,
- intrusion,
- invade,
- invasion,
- irrupt,
- irruption,
- know no bounds,
- lapse,
- lawbreaking,
- make an inroad,
- malefaction,
- malfeasance,
- malum,
- minor wrong,
- misdeed,
- misdemeanor,
- misfeasance,
- mortal sin,
- nonfeasance,
- obtrude,
- obtrusion,
- offend,
- offense,
- omission,
- outrage,
- overstep,
- overstep the bounds,
- overstepping,
- peccadillo,
- peccancy,
- penetrate,
- pierce,
- play God,
- playing God,
- press in,
- pretend to,
- probe,
- push in,
- put on,
- put upon,
- rush in,
- seize,
- seizure,
- set at defiance,
- set at naught,
- set naught by,
- sin,
- sin of commission,
- sin of omission,
- sinful act,
- slink in,
- slip,
- slip in,
- smash in,
- sneak in,
- squeeze in,
- steal in,
- storm in,
- take over,
- throng in,
- thrust in,
- tort,
- trample on,
- trample underfoot,
- trample upon,
- transgress,
- transgression,
- trench,
- trespassing,
- trip,
- unlawful entry,
- unutterable sin,
- usurp,
- usurpation,
- venial sin,
- violate,
- violate the law,
- violation,
- violation of law,
- work in,
- worm in,
- wrong