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trespass

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of trespass

1 a breaking of a moral or legal code

  • forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us
Synonyms of trespass

breach, crime, debt, error, lawbreaking, malefaction, misdeed, misdoing, offense (or offence), sin, transgression, violation, wrongdoing
Words Related to trespass

bias crime, hate crime

felony, misconduct, misdemeanor, misfeasance

fault, foible, peccadillo

break, infringement

immorality, iniquitousness, iniquity, sinfulness, vice, wickedness

corruption, debauchery, depravity, licentiousness

abuse, criminality, illegality, lawlessness, unlawfulness

descent, downfall, fall
Near Antonyms of trespass

blamelessness, faultlessness, guiltlessness, impeccability, innocence, irreproachability

goodness, morality, righteousness, virtue, virtuousness
Antonyms of trespass

noncrime

2 a failure to uphold the requirements of law, duty, or obligation

  • plagiarism is a serious trespass of academic integrity
Synonyms of trespass

breach, contravention, infraction, infringement, transgression, violation
Words Related to trespass

misconduct, misdemeanor, misfeasance, misprision, offense (or offence), sin, wrong

disregard, forgetting, ignoring, nonobservance, overlooking

delinquency, dereliction, neglect

encroachment, intrusion, invasion
Near Antonyms of trespass

respecting, upholding
Antonyms of trespass

noninfringement, observance

trespass

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of trespass

to commit an offense

  • I consider him to be trespassing against all of us when he trespasses against any one of us
Synonyms of trespass

err, fall, offend, sin, stray, transgress, wander
Words Related to trespass

breach, break, infringe, violate

backslide, lapse

mess up
Phrases Synonymous with trespass

break the law, fall from grace
Near Antonyms of trespass

forgive, justify, pardon

regret, repent, rue

Synonym Discussion of trespass

trespass, encroach, infringe, invade mean to make inroads upon the property, territory, or rights of another. trespass implies an unwarranted or unlawful intrusion.
    • hunters trespassing on farmland
encroach suggests gradual or stealthy entrance upon another's territory or usurpation of another's rights or possessions.
    • the encroaching settlers displacing the native peoples
infringe implies an encroachment clearly violating a right or prerogative.
    • infringing a copyright
invade implies a hostile and injurious entry into the territory or sphere of another.
    • accused of invading their privacy

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