All 3 Uses
trespass
in
The Pardoner's Tale
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- For, when I dare not otherwise debate, Then will I sting him with my tongue smart* *sharply In preaching, so that he shall not astart* *escape To be defamed falsely, if that he Hath trespass'd* to my brethren or to me.†
- *withered But, Sirs, to you it is no courtesy To speak unto an old man villainy, But* he trespass in word or else in deed.†
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- *unnatural Now, good men, God forgive you your trespass, And ware* you from the sin of avarice.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(trespass as in: a "No Trespassing" sign) to enter another's property without right or permission
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) going beyond acceptable limits--such as violating a moral law