violation









violation


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, especially rape.
  6. a distortion of meaning or fact.
n.

early 15c., from Latin violationem (nominative violatio) “an injury, irreverence,” from past participle stem of violare “to violate, treat with violence, outrage, dishonor,” perhaps related to vis “violence, strength.”

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