What is another word for oversteps?

Pronunciation: [ˌə͡ʊvəstˈɛps] (IPA)

When it comes to synonyms for the word "oversteps", there are a number of options to choose from. Some possible replacements might include words like "trespasses", "exceeds", "transgresses", "violates", or "surpasses". Each of these synonyms conveys a slightly different meaning or connotation, but they can all be used to describe situations in which someone has gone too far or crossed a boundary that they were not supposed to cross. Whether you are trying to write more effectively or simply build your vocabulary, knowing these different synonyms can help you express yourself more precisely and eloquently in a variety of situations.

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Usage examples for Oversteps

A grave may open at our feet anywhere at any time, and only love oversteps it."
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
When either oversteps them it must be resisted.
"By What Authority?"
Robert Hugh Benson
A Titan in his sport, as in his earnestness, he oversteps all bounds, and riots without law or measure."
"The History of "Punch""
M. H. Spielmann

Famous quotes with Oversteps

  • If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.
    Epictetus
  • The Supreme Court, of course, has the responsibility of ensuring that our government never oversteps its proper bounds or violates the rights of individuals. But the Court must also recognize the limits on itself and respect the choices made by the American people.
    Elena Kagan
  • As I was writing about Grace Marks, and about her interlude in the Asylum, I came to see her in context — the context of other people's opinions, both the popular images of madness and the scientific explanations for it available at the time. A lot of what was believed and said on the subject appears like sheer lunacy to us now. But we shouldn't be too arrogant — how many of our own theories will look silly when those who follow us have come up with something better? But whatever the scientists may come up with, writers and artists will continue to portray altered mental states, simply because few aspects of our nature fascinate people so much. The so-called mad person will always represent a possible future for every member of the audience — who knows when such a malady may strike? When "mad," at least in literature, you aren't yourself; you take on another self, a self that is either not you at all, or a truer, more elemental one than the person you're used to seeing in the mirror. You're in danger of becoming, in Shakespeare's works, a mere picture or beast, and in Susanna Moodie's words, a mere machine; or else you may become an inspired prophet, a truth-sayer, a shaman, one who oversteps the boundaries of the ordinarily visible and audible, and also, and especially, the ordinarily sayable. Portraying this process is deep power for the artist, partly because it's a little too close to the process of artistic creation itself, and partly because the prospect of losing our self and being taken over by another, unfamiliar self is one of our deepest human fears.
    Margaret Atwood
  • "To punish public outrages on morals and religion is unquestionably within the competence of rulers. But when a government, not content with requiring decency, requires sanctity, it oversteps the bounds which mark its proper functions. And it may be laid down as a universal rule that a government which attempts more than it ought will perform less."
    Thomas Babington Macaulay

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