'Violation' definitions:
Definition of 'violation'
(from WordNet)
noun
A crime less serious than a felony [syn: misdemeanor, misdemeanour, infraction, violation, infringement]
noun
An act that disregards an agreement or a right; "he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment" [syn: violation, infringement]
noun
Entry to another's property without right or permission [syn: trespass, encroachment, violation, intrusion, usurpation]
noun
A disrespectful act [syn: irreverence, violation]
noun
The crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will [syn: rape, violation, assault, ravishment]
Definition of 'Violation'
From: GCIDE
- 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: [1913 Webster] (a) Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc. "The violation of my faith." --Shak. [1913 Webster] (b) An act of irreverence or desecration; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred things; as, the violation of a church. --Udall. [1913 Webster] (c) Interruption, as of sleep or peace; disturbance. [1913 Webster] (d) Ravishment; rape; outrage. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'violation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberrance,
- aberrancy,
- abnormality,
- abomination,
- abuse,
- abuse of office,
- abusing,
- assault,
- atrocity,
- attack,
- bad faith,
- battering,
- befoulment,
- betrayal,
- blasphemy,
- breach,
- breach of contract,
- breach of faith,
- breach of privilege,
- breach of promise,
- breach of trust,
- break,
- breaking,
- butchery,
- civil disobedience,
- contravention,
- conversion,
- corrupt administration,
- crime,
- criminal assault,
- criminality,
- debasement,
- debasing,
- debauchment,
- defacement,
- defalcation,
- defilement,
- defiling,
- defloration,
- deflowering,
- deflowerment,
- degradation,
- degrading,
- delict,
- delinquency,
- desecrating,
- desecration,
- despoilment,
- deviance,
- deviancy,
- devirgination,
- disgrace,
- dishonor,
- dishonoring,
- disobedience,
- disorderliness,
- disregard,
- diversion,
- embezzlement,
- encroachment,
- felony,
- forcible seizure,
- fouling,
- frowardness,
- ignominy,
- ignoring,
- ill-treatment,
- ill-usage,
- ill-use,
- illegality,
- improperness,
- impropriety,
- inappropriateness,
- incorrectness,
- indecorousness,
- indecorum,
- indiscipline,
- indocility,
- infamy,
- infraction,
- infringement,
- infringing,
- injury,
- insubordination,
- intractability,
- killing,
- lawbreaking,
- lawlessness,
- laying waste,
- looting,
- maladministration,
- malfeasance,
- malpractice,
- maltreatment,
- malversation,
- massacre,
- misapplication,
- misappropriation,
- misconduct,
- misdemeanor,
- misemployment,
- misfeasance,
- mishandling,
- mismanagement,
- mistreatment,
- misusage,
- misuse,
- molestation,
- naughtiness,
- noncompliance,
- nonconformity,
- noncooperation,
- nonobedience,
- obstreperousness,
- offense,
- onslaught,
- outrage,
- passive resistance,
- peculation,
- perversion,
- pilfering,
- pillaging,
- pity,
- pollution,
- poor stewardship,
- priapism,
- profanation,
- profaning,
- prostitution,
- rape,
- ravage,
- ravishment,
- recusancy,
- riot,
- rioting,
- sacking,
- sacrilege,
- scandal,
- seducement,
- seduction,
- sexual assault,
- sexual possession,
- shame,
- sinfulness,
- slaughter,
- sowing with salt,
- taking,
- terrible thing,
- tort,
- transgression,
- trespass,
- uncooperativeness,
- unduteousness,
- undutifulness,
- unfitness,
- unfittingness,
- unlawfulness,
- unrighteousness,
- unruliness,
- unseemliness,
- unsubmissiveness,
- unsuitability,
- violating,
- violence,
- waywardness,
- wickedness,
- willful disobedience,
- wrong,
- wrongdoing,
- wrongfulness,
- wrongness