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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | infringement |
| Synonyms: | inroad, intrusion, invasion, trespass |
| Main Entry: | attack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical assault |
| Synonyms: | advance, aggression, assailing, assailment, barrage, blitz, blitzkrieg, charge, defilement, dirty deed, drive, encounter, encroachment, foray, incursion, initiative, inroad, intervention, intrusion, invasion, irruption, mugging, offense, offensive, onrush, onset, onslaught, outbreak, push, raid, rape, rush, skirmish, storming, strike, thrust, violation, volley |
| Antonyms: | aid, defense, flight, protection, resistance, retreat, shelter, shield, support, surrender, sustenance |
| Main Entry: | foul |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | infraction |
| Synonyms: | breach, encroachment, error, faux pas, infringement, offense, slip*, violation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden |
| Synonyms: | charge, command, constraint, demand, drag, duty, encroachment, encumbrance, intrusion, levy, pain, pain in the neck, pressure, presumption, restraint, tax |
| Antonyms: | advantage, aid, benefit, blessing, help, profit |
| Main Entry: | injustice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unfair treatment; bias |
| Synonyms: | abuse, breach, crime, crying shame, damage, dirty deal, discrimination, encroachment, favoritism, grievance, inequality, inequity, infraction, infringement, iniquity, malfeasance, malpractice, maltreatment, miscarriage, mischief, negligence, offense, onesidedness, oppression, outrage, partiality, partisanship, prejudice, railroad, ruin, sellout, transgression, trespass, unfairness, unjustness, unlawfulness, villainy, violation, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Antonyms: | equality, equity, ethics, fairness, impartiality, justice, lawfulness, morality |
| Main Entry: | inroad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advance, foray |
| Synonyms: | encroachment, impingement, incursion, intrusion, invasion, irruption, onslaught, raid, trespass |
| Main Entry: | overflow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flood, inundation |
| Synonyms: | advance, cataclysm, cataract, congestion, deluge, discharge, encroachment, enforcement, engorgement, excess, exuberance, flash flood, flooding, infringement, niagara, overabundance, overcrowding, overkill, overmuch, overproduction, plethora, pour, propulsion, push, redundancy, spate, spill, spillover, submergence, submersion, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, torrent |
| Main Entry: | transgression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | violation, misbehavior |
| Synonyms: | breach, breaking of the law, contravention, crime, defiance, disobedience, encroachment, erring, error, fault, infraction, infringement, iniquity, lapse, misdeed, misdemeanor, offense, overstepping, sin, slip, trespass, vice, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Antonyms: | behavior, good manners, obedience, right |
| Main Entry: | trespass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | invasion, offense |
| Synonyms: | breach, contravention, crime, delinquency, encroachment, entrenchment, error, evildoing, fault, infraction, infringement, iniquity, injury, intrusion, misbehavior, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanor, obtrusion, poaching, sin, transgression, unlawful entry, violation, wrongdoing, wrongful entry |
| Antonyms: | retreat |
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