V. transgress,
surpass, pass, go beyond, go by, show in front, come to the front, shoot ahead of, steal a march upon, steal a gain upon, overstep, overpass, overreach,
overgo,
override,
overleap,
overjump,
overskip,
overlap, overshoot the mark, outstrip,
outleap, outjump,
outgo, outstep, outrun,
outride, outrival,
outdo, beat, beat hollow, distance, leave in the lurch, leave in the rear, throw into the shade, exceed,
transcend,
surmount,
soar,
encroach,
trespass,
infringe, trench upon, entrench on, intrench on, strain, stretch a point, strain a point, cross the rubicon
Adv. beyond the mark,
ahead N. disobedience,
insubordination,
contumacy, infraction,
infringement,
violation,
noncompliance,
nonobservance, revolt, rebellion,
mutiny, outbreak, rising,
uprising, insurrection,
emeute,
riot,
tumult, strike, barring out,
defiance,
mutinousness, mutineering,
sedition, treason, high treason, petty treason, misprision of treason,
premunire, lese majeste, violation of law,
defection,
secession,
insurgent,
mutineer,
rebel, revolter, revolutionary,
rioter,
traitor, quisling,
carbonaro, sansculottes, red republican, bonnet rouge,
communist,
fenian,
frondeur,
seceder,
secessionist,
runagate,
renegade,
brawler,
anarchist,
demagogue,
spartacus,
masaniello, wat tyler, jack cade,
ringleader V. disobey,
violate,
infringe,
shirk, set at defiance, set authority at naught, run riot, fly in the face of, take the law into one's own hands, kick over the traces, turn restive, run restive, champ the bit, strike, rise, rise in arms,
secede,
mutiny,
rebel Adj. disobedient,
uncomplying, uncompliant,
unsubmissive,
unruly,
ungovernable,
breachy, insubordinate, impatient of control,
incorrigible, restiff|, restive,
refractory,
contumacious,
recusant,
recalcitrant, resisting, lawless,
mutinous, seditions,
insurgent,
riotous, unobeyed,
unbidden Phr. seditiosissimus quisque ignavus, "unthread the rude eye of rebellion"
N. nonobservance,
evasion, # inobservance, failure,
omission, neglect,
laches,
laxity,
informality,
infringement, infraction,
violation,
transgression,
piracy, retraction,
retractation,
repudiation,
nullification,
protest,
forfeiture,
lawlessness, disobedience, bad faith
V. fail, neglect,
omit,
elude,
evade, give the go-by to, set aside,
ignore, shut one's eyes to, close one's eyes to,
infringe,
transgress,
violate,
pirate, break, trample under foot, do violence to, drive a coach and six through, discard,
protest,
repudiate, fling to the winds, set at naught,
nullify, declare null and void,
cancel, retract, go back from, be off,
forfeit, go from one's word,
palter, stretch a point, strain a point
N. undueness, malum # prohibitum, impropriety,
illegality, falseness, emptiness of title, invalidity of title,
illegitimacy, loss of right,
disfranchisement,
forfeiture,
usurpation,
tort,
violation, breach,
encroachment,
presumption, assumption,
seizure, stretch,
exaction, imposition, lion's share,
usurper, pretender
V. be undue, not be due,
infringe,
encroach, trench on, exact,
arrogate, arrogate to oneself, give an inch and take an ell, stretch a point, strain a point,
usurp,
violate, do violence to,
disfranchise,
disentitle,
disqualify,
invalidate,
relax,
misbehave, misbecome
Adj. undue, unlawful, unconstitutional,
illicit, unauthorized, unwarranted, disallowed, unallowed, unsanctioned, unjustified, unentitled, disentitled, unqualified, disqualified, unprivileged, unchartered,
illegitimate,
bastard,
spurious,
supposititious, false,
usurped,
tortious, undeserved, unmerited,
unearned, unfulfilled,
forfeited,
disfranchised, improper, unmeet, unfit,
unbefitting, unseemly, unbecoming, misbecoming, seemless, contra bonos mores, not the thing, out of the question, not to be thought of,
preposterous,
pretentious,
would-be Phr. filius nullius
N. dereliction of duty, fault, sin,
non-observance, non-performance, neglect,
relaxation, infraction,
violation,
transgression, failure,
evasion, dead letter
V. violate, break, break through,
infringe, set aside, set at naught, encroach upon, trench upon, trample on, trample under foot, slight, neglect,
evade,
renounce,
forswear,
repudiate, wash one's hands of, escape,
transgress, fail, call to account