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Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition. He is undutiful to him other actions, and lives in open disobedience. Tillotson.

or or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authority); to violate, as an order; as, refractory children disobey their parents; men disobey their Maker and the laws. Not to disobey her lord's behest. Tennyson.

To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness to an end; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly. To shape my legs of an unequal size; To disproportion me in every part. Shak. A degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the extent of its territory. Prescott.

One who, or that which, disturbs of disquiets; a violator of peace; a troubler. A needless disturber of the peace of God's church and an author of dissension. Hooker.

A moral offense; violation of duty; a sin or transgression; iniquity; fault. Ps. xix. 12.

Word or honor pledged; promise given; fidelity; as, he violated his faith. For you alone I broke me faith with injured Palamon. Dryden.

To violate; to break by falsehood; as, to falsify one's faith or word. Sir P. Sidney.

To break; to violate; to make of no effect. [Obs.] France hath flawed the league. Shak.

lence to; to overpower, or to compel by violence to one;s will; especially, to ravish; to violate; to commit rape upon. To force their monarch and insult the court. Dryden. I should have forced thee soon wish other arms. Milton. To force a spotless virgin's chastity. Shak.

To break; to violate. [Obs.] Shak.

Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum; license.

A viola da gamba.

A performer upon the viola di gamba. See under Viola.

Exposure to any legal penalty or forfeiture. A ship incurs guilt by the violation of a blockade. Kent.

A species of violet (Viola tricolor); -- called also pansy.

, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character.

Sacredly; inviolably. [R.] Shak.

Not according to, or authorized by, law; specif., contrary to, or in violation of, human law; unlawful; illicit; hence, immoral; as, an illegal act; illegal trade; illegal love. Bp. Burnet.

Not decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good breeding or etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place; as, indecorous conduct. It was useless and indecorous to attempt anything more by mere struggle. Burke.

Want of decorum; impropriety of behavior; that in behavior or manners which violates the established rules of civility, custom, or etiquette; indecorousness.