violation

[ vahy-uh-ley-shuh n ]

/ ˌvaɪ əˈleɪ ʃən /

the act of violating.

the state of being violated.

a breach, infringement, or transgression, as of a law, rule, promise, etc.: He was fined for a traffic violation.

desecration; profanation: the violation of a cemetery.

sexual molestation, especially rape.

a distortion of meaning or fact.

Nearby words

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin violātiōn- (stem of violātiō), equivalent to violāt(us) (see violate) + -iōn- -ion

vi·o·la·tion·al, adjectivenon·vi·o·la·tion, nounpre·vi·o·la·tion, nounre·vi·o·la·tion, noun

3. See breach.

Violation of gravitas is being taken ‘extremely seriously’ by army top brass, source says.
Hunt To Identify Pirouetting 'Bearskin' Guardsman Who Shamed Army|Tom Sykes|September 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Violation of a rule constitutes a foul and gives the opponents a free throw for the basket from a point fifteen feet away.
Outdoor Sports and Games|Claude H. Miller
Violation of the taboo prohibitions which protect the totem is punished automatically by serious disease or death.
Totem and Taboo|Sigmund Freud
Violation of the Word is adulteration of good, and falsification of truth, 517.
The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love|Emanuel Swedenborg

Violation of the immunity due to those who come with this mission, duly accredited, in the form prescribed by international law.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
Violation of the act by which it exists would be self-annihilation; and that which is itself nothing can create nothing.
The Social Contract & Discourses|Jean-Jacques Rousseau