trespasses
Crosses property lines
Trespasses functions as both noun and verb forms of trespass.
To trespass is to enter someone's property without permission, or more broadly to violate boundaries: No trespassing signs lined the fence.
The noun names such violations.
In religious contexts, trespasses means sins or moral transgressions: Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
Unethical or illegal action
- sinViolation of divine law
- offenseViolation or umbrage
- misdeedImmoral or illegal act
- guiltMoral self-reproach
forgiveness · debts · iniquity · fault · wrong · pardon · absolution · repentance
Gradual intrusion on territory
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- incursionHostile territorial penetration
- unauthorized entryEntering without permission
- boundary violationDisregarding established limits
overstepping · infringement · penetration · encroaching · interference · impingement · usurpation · breaking and entering
wrongdoing
Unethical or illegal action
guilt · forgiveness · debts · iniquity · fault · wrong · pardon · absolution · repentance · atonement
encroachment
Gradual intrusion on territory
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- incursionHostile territorial penetration
- unauthorized entryEntering without permission
boundary violation · overstepping · infringement · penetration · encroaching · interference · impingement · usurpation · breaking and entering · squatting
- violationsviolation, infractions, infraction, breach, consent violation
- Lutheran CatechismLuther, Martin Luther, Lutheran, Ten Commandments, Lord's Prayer
- butting inbutts in, breaks in, barges in, chimes in, intrudes
- flawsfaults, defect, flaw, blemish, flaws
- no trespassingPosted boundary warning
- criminal trespassUnauthorized presence on property
- illegal trespassUnauthorized entry onto property
- no trespassing signPosted boundary warning
- trespass lawsRegulations prohibiting unauthorized entry