pre violation

noun

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.

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

Related forms

vi·o·la·tion·al, adjective

non·vi·o·la·tion, noun

pre·vi·o·la·tion, noun

re·vi·o·la·tion, noun

Synonyms
3. See breach.

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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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World English Dictionary

violate (ˈvaɪəˌleɪt)

—vb
1.	to break, disregard, or infringe (a law, agreement, etc)
2.	to rape or otherwise sexually assault
3.	to disturb rudely or improperly; break in upon
4.	to treat irreverently or disrespectfully; outrage: he violated a sanctuary
5.	obsolete to mistreat physically

—*adj*
6.	archaic violated or dishonoured

[C15: from Latin violāre to do violence to, from vīs strength]

'violable

—*adj*

viola'bility

—n

'violableness

—n

'violably

—*adv*

vio'lation

—n

'violative

—*adj*

'violator

—n

'violater

—n

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Word Origin & History

violation

early 15c., from L. violationem (nom. violatio) "an injury, irreverence," from violatus, pp. of violare "to violate, treat with violence, outrage, dishonor," perhaps related to vis "violence, strength."

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