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violation - 4 dictionary results

vi⋅o⋅la⋅tion

[vahy-uh-ley-shuhn]
–noun
1. the act of violating.
2. the state of being violated.
3. a breach, infringement, or transgression, as of a law, rule, promise, etc.: He was fined for a traffic violation.
4. desecration; profanation: the violation of a cemetery.
5. sexual molestation, esp. rape.
6. a distortion of meaning or fact.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L violātiōn- (s. of violātiō), equiv. to violāt(us) (see violate ) + -iōn- -ion


vi⋅o⋅la⋅tion⋅al, adjective


3. See breach.
vi·o·la·tion   (vī'ə-lā'shən)   
n.  The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated. See Synonyms at breach.

Violation

Vi`o*la"tion\, n. [L. violatio: cf. F. violation.] The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated. Specifically: (a) Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc. "The violation of my faith." --Shak. (b) An act of irreverence or desecration; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred things; as, the violation of a church. --Udall. (c) Interruption, as of sleep or peace; disturbance. (d) Ravishment; rape; outrage. --Shak.

violation 
1432, 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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