violation
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violation
- /ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French violation, from Latin violātiō (“injury, profanation”), from violō (“to treat with violence; to maltreat; to violate, defile, profane”). Morphologically violate + -ion.
noun violations
- An infraction or a failure to follow a rule. In this situation, the agent’s lack of knowledge is diagnosed as a violation of the modalized tracking condition, which is relativized to the content-specific method of belief formation employed.
- Rape; sexual activity forced on another person without their consent.
- An insult, especially a severe one. Nahh saying that to bro is actually a violation 💀
Similar: transgression, desecration · Opposite: compliance, obedience
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: infringement, infraction, offense, misdemeanour, trespass, irreverence, intrusion, encroachment, assault, misdemeanor, rape, ravishment, sexual assault, offence, violated, violator
noun
Similar: transgression, desecration · Opposite: compliance, obedience
Translations
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noun act or instance of violating
| Español | violación, vulneración |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 위반 wiban, 침해 chimhae, 유린 yurin |
| 日本語 | 違反 ihan |
| 中文 | 違規 /违规 wéiguī |
| हिन्दी | उल्लंघन ullaṅghan, अतिक्रम atikram, अतिचार aticār |
| Kiswahili | ukiukwaji |
| Português | violação |
| Français | infraction |
| Deutsch | Verletzung |
| Italiano | violazione |
| Ελληνικά | παραβίαση paravíasi, καταστρατήγηση katastratígisi, παράβαση parávasi |
| Русский | наруше́ние narušénije, несоблюде́ние nesobljudénije |
| العربية | اِنْتِهَاك intihāk |
| עברית | עבירה |
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title = {violation},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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