violation

[Vi`o*la·tion]

Ravishment; rape; outrage.

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The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated.

Noun
entry to another''s property without right or permission

Noun
a disrespectful act

Noun
a crime less serious than a felony

Noun
an act that disregards an agreement or a right; "he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment"

Noun
the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will

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n.
The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated.

n.
Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc.

n.
An act of irreverence or desecration; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred things; as, the violation of a church.

n.
Interruption, as of sleep or peace; disturbance.

n.
Ravishment; rape; outrage.


Violation

Vi`o*la"tion , n. [L. violatio: cf. F. violation.] The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated. Specifically: -- (a) Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc. "The violation of my faith." Shak. (b) An act of irreverence or desecration; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred things; as, the violation of a church. Udall. (c) Interruption, as of sleep or peace; disturbance. (d) Ravishment; rape; outrage. Shak.

The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated.

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Usage Examples

I also had to work through the violation of my date rape, my unhealthy relationships with men, my anger toward the people involved in the scandal, and those who exploited me afterwards.

'Blind Curve,' the book I'm working on now, sprang from a crazy incident that happened to me last year while on my book tour. I was pulled out of my car for a minor traffic violation - an incident that escalated into my being thrown into cuffs and told I was going to jail. Except in my story, the hero doesn't get off as easily as I did.

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Other Usage Examples

And that's really what's happening in this country is a violation of the First Commandment. We have become a country entrenched in idolatry, and that idolatry is the dependency upon our government. We're supposed to depend upon God for our protection and our provision and for our daily bread, not for our government.

Disarming Iraq is legal under a series of U.N. resolutions. Iraq is in flagrant violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

I am still profoundly troubled by the war in Nicaragua. The United States launched a covert war against another nation in violation of international law, a war that was wrong and immoral.

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