violation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an act that disregards an agreement or a right

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

2. 2
   noun

   The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.

   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.

3. 3
   noun

   entry to another's property without right or permission

4. 4
   noun

   a disrespectful act

5. 5
   noun

   a crime less serious than a felony

6. 6
   noun

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

Etymology

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.