n. 25B6; noun
a violation of human rights : CONTRAVENTION, breach, infringement, infraction, transgression, defiance; neglect.
a violation of their private lives : INVASION, breach, infraction; trespass, intrusion, encroachment.
she was threatened with violation : RAPE, (sexual) assault, (sexual) abuse, molestation, interference; dated defloration, defilement, dishonour; archaic ravishment.