VIOLATION


Meaning of VIOLATION in English

— violational , adj.

/vuy'euh lay"sheuhn/ , n.

1. the act of violating.

2. the state of being violated.

3. a breach, infringement, or transgression, as of a law, rule, promise, etc.: He was fined for a traffic violation.

4. desecration; profanation: the violation of a cemetery.

5. sexual molestation, esp. rape.

6. a distortion of meaning or fact.

[ 1400-50; late ME violation- (s. of violatio ), equiv. to violat ( us ) (see VIOLATE) + -ion- -ION ]

Syn. 3. See breach .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .