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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

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

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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