violation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An act that breaks a law, agreement, or right.

   They claimed a violation of their rights under the Fifth Amendment.

2. 2
   noun

   A minor offence, less serious than a felony.

   He was fined for a parking violation.

3. 3
   noun

   The act of entering someone's property or space without permission.

   Reading her diary felt like a serious violation of her privacy.

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.

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