VIOLATION

n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

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

2.
n.

Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc. "The violation of my faith." Shak.

3.
n.

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

4.
n.

Interruption, as of sleep or peace; disturbance.

5.
n.

Ravishment; rape; outrage. Shak.

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