Violation

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.

Synonyms
See breach.
 * transgression
 * desecration

Related terms

 * violate

Adjectives for Violation
gross; flat; denouncing; wide-spread; wicked; conscious; signal; persistent; undisguised; express.

Verbs for Violation
condone—; constitute—; disapprove of—; disclose—; dismiss for—; frown on— ignore—; justify—; penalize—; protest— wink at—; —desecrates; —encroaches upon —infringes; —nullifies; —ostracizes; —piques; —repudiates; —riles (colloq.); — tramples; —transgresses; —voids.

Thesaurus
aberrance, aberrancy, abnormality, abomination, abuse, abuse of office, abusing, assault, atrocity, attack, bad faith, battering, befoulment, betrayal, blasphemy, breach, breach of contract, breach of faith, breach of privilege, breach of promise, breach of trust, break, breaking, butchery, civil disobedience, contravention, conversion, corrupt administration, crime, criminal assault, criminality, debasement, debasing, debauchment, defacement, defalcation, defilement, defiling, defloration, deflowering, deflowerment, degradation, degrading, delict, delinquency, desecrating, desecration, despoilment, deviance, deviancy, devirgination, disgrace, dishonor, dishonoring, disobedience, disorderliness, disregard, diversion, embezzlement, encroachment, felony, forcible seizure, fouling, frowardness, ignominy, ignoring, ill-treatment, ill-usage, ill-use, illegality, improperness, impropriety, inappropriateness, incorrectness, indecorousness, indecorum, indiscipline, indocility, infamy, infraction, infringement, infringing, injury, insubordination, intractability, killing, lawbreaking, lawlessness, laying waste, looting, maladministration, malfeasance, malpractice, maltreatment, malversation, massacre, misapplication, misappropriation, misconduct, misdemeanor, misemployment, misfeasance, mishandling, mismanagement, mistreatment, misusage, misuse, molestation, naughtiness, noncompliance, nonconformity, noncooperation, nonobedience, obstreperousness, offense, onslaught, outrage, passive resistance, peculation, perversion, pilfering, pillaging, pity, pollution, poor stewardship, priapism, profanation, profaning, prostitution, rape, ravage, ravishment, recusancy, riot, rioting, sacking, sacrilege, scandal, seducement, seduction, sexual assault, sexual possession, shame, sinfulness, slaughter, sowing with salt, taking, terrible thing, tort, transgression, trespass, uncooperativeness, unduteousness, undutifulness, unfitness, unfittingness, unlawfulness, unrighteousness, unruliness, unseemliness, unsubmissiveness, unsuitability, violating, violence, waywardness, wickedness, willful disobedience, wrong, wrongdoing, wrongfulness, wrongness

Etymology
< violation: <  violatio: < violare:

Translations

 * Arabic: انتهاك
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 違規, 违规
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek: παραβίαση, καταστρατήγηση,


 * Hebrew: עבירה
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 위반
 * Polish: naruszenie prawa
 * Portuguese: violação
 * Russian: нарушение, несоблюдение
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: kränkning
 * Telugu: ,

Anagrams

 * avolition