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vi⋅o⋅la⋅tion

  [vahy-uh-ley-shuhn]
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–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

Related forms:
vi⋅o⋅la⋅tion⋅al, adjective

Synonyms:
3. See breach.
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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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