Trespass

Definition:

  • (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.

Compare trespass with other words:

intrusion vs. trespass

enter vs. trespass

transgress vs. trespass

infringe vs. trespass

iniquity vs. trespass

impinge vs. trespass

poacher vs. trespass

disturb vs. trespass

poach vs. trespass

entrench vs. trespass

trespass vs. trespasser

illegally vs. trespass

trespass vs. wrong

offence vs. trespass

sin vs. trespass

tort vs. trespass

encroach vs. trespass

burglary vs. trespass

nuisance vs. trespass