in-fraction

in·frac·tion

[in-frak-shuhn]
noun
1.
breach; violation; infringement: an infraction of the rules.
2.
Medicine/Medical. an incomplete fracture of a bone.

Origin:
1615–25; < Latin infrāctiōn- (stem of infrāctiō). See infract, -ion

non·in·frac·tion, noun

infarction, infraction.


1. See breach.
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infract (ɪnˈfrækt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
(tr) to violate or break (a law, an agreement, etc)
 
[C18: from Latin infractus broken off, from infringere; see infringe]
 
in'fraction
 
n
 
in'fractor
 
n

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In-fraction is always a great word to know.
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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infraction
1461, from L. infractionem (nom. infractio) "a breaking," noun of action from infrang-, stem of infringere (see infringe).
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infraction in·frac·tion (ĭn-frāk'shən)
n.
A bone fracture, especially one without displacement.

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