violation

English Online Dictionary. What means violation‎? What does violation mean?

English

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

violation (countable and uncountable, plural violations)

1. The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.
   1. An infraction or a failure to follow a rule.
   2. (euphemistic) Rape; sexual activity forced on another person without their consent.

Synonyms

• transgression
• desecration

See breach.

Antonyms

• compliance
• obedience

Derived terms

Related terms

• violate
• violable
• violative
• violator

Translations

Translations

Anagrams

• avolition

French

Pronunciation

Noun

violation f (plural violations)

1. violation

Further reading

• “violation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.