ˌvīəˈlāshən noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English violacion, from Latin violation-, violatio, from violatus (past participle) + -ion-, -io -ion
: the act or action of violating or the quality or state of being violated: as
a. : an infringement or transgression
a violation of law
violation of promises
specifically : an infringement of the rules in sports that is less serious than a foul and that usually involves technicalities of play (as a rules infraction in basketball for which the ball is awarded to the opponents out of bounds)
b. : an act of irreverance : desecration , profanation
violation of a church
c. : interruption , disturbance
violation of civil order
violation of the peace
d. : ravishment , rape
the violation of civilian population
Synonyms: see breach