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violational

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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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Word Origin & History

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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