English Explanatory Dictionary

violation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.
  2. An infraction or a failure to follow a rule.
  3. Rape; sexual activity forced on another person without their consent.
  4. An insult, especially a severe one.

Pronunciation

/ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-violation.wav

Word forms

violation violations

Etymology

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

Synonyms

transgression desecration

Antonyms

compliance obedience

Related words

violate violable violative violator

Derived words

access violation carrying violation civil violation half-court violation hog line violation lane violation moving violation parking violation sharing violation time violation traffic violation vio

Translations

Amharic: መጣስ Arabic: اِنْتِهَاك Azerbaijani: pozma Azerbaijani: pozulma Azerbaijani: pozuntu Belarusian: парушэнне Bulgarian: наруше́ние Catalan: vulneració Catalan: violació Cebuano: paglapas Cebuano: paglipas Chinese Mandarin: 違規 /违规 Czech: porušení Danish: krænkning Dutch: overtreding Dutch: schending Finnish: loukkaus Finnish: rikkomus French: infraction Galician: vulneración Galician: violación Georgian: დარღვევა Georgian: შელახვა German: Verletzung Greek: παραβίαση Greek: καταστρατήγηση Greek: παράβαση Hebrew: עבירה Hungarian: megsértés Hungarian: megszegés Hungarian: szabálysértés Ido: violaco Italian: violazione Japanese: 違反 Korean: 위반 Korean: 침해 Korean: 유린 Macedonian: нарушување Malayalam: ലംഘനം Manx: aggair Māori: takahanga Māori: hāpiro Norwegian Bokmål: overtredelse Polish: naruszenie Polish: pogwałcenie Portuguese: violação Russian: наруше́ние Russian: несоблюде́ние Spanish: violación Spanish: vulneración Swahili: ukiukwaji Swedish: kränkning Tagalog: paglabag Tagalog: pagsuway Telugu: ఉల్లంఘన Telugu: అతిక్రమణ
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