violation

Meaning

1. The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.
2. The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.

Synonyms

infringement

transgression

breach

infraction

rape

crime

outrage

assault

offence

desecration

contravention

trespass

offense

ravishment

intrusion

encroachment

defilement

misdemeanor

profanation

misdemeanour

disobedience

disregard

invasion

abuse

violating

usurpation

irreverence

breaking the law

deviation

injury

contravening

impairment

attack

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tort

traducement

trampling down

vice

wrong

wrongdoing

infringment

breaking-off

act of violence

sexual assault

going astray

act of disobedience

sacrilegiousness

violence

law-breaking

application of force

evildoing

blasphemy

breaking

contradiction

damage

defamation

defiance

delict

delinquency

disruption

erosion

foray

guilt

guilty

hurt

injustice

interruption

malefaction

malfeasance

maltreatment

mangling

misconduct

misdoing

oppression

overrunning

renege

repression

repudiate

ruin

scandal

seduction

sin

surpassing

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French violation, from Latin violātiō (“injury, profanation”), from violō (“I treat with violence; I maltreat; I violate, defile, profane”).
Morphologically violate + -ion