violation

C1 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #6867

Meanings

1

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

They claimed a violation of their rights under the Fifth Amendment.
2

noun
A minor offence, less serious than a felony.

He was fined for a parking violation.
3

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

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

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · an act that breaks a law,... infringement

2 noun · a minor offence, less... infraction misdemeanor misdemeanour

3 noun · the act of entering... intrusion

More desecration transgression

Opposites

compliance obedience

Word family

Forms violations

Derived forms vio

Related forms violable violate violative violator

Appears in

Phrases (1)

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flagrant violation
an obvious and seriously unacceptable breaking of a rule, agreement, or right

Adjective + noun

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.

Topics

Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# violation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 6867

## Meanings
1. An act that breaks a law, agreement, or right.
2. A minor offence, less serious than a felony.
3. The act of entering someone's property or space without permission.

## Examples
- They claimed a violation of their rights under the Fifth Amendment.
- He was fined for a parking violation.
- Reading her diary felt like a serious violation of her privacy.

## Synonyms
- desecration
- transgression

## Antonyms
- compliance
- obedience

## Derived Forms
- vio

## Related Forms
- violable
- violate
- violative
- violator

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Violation is 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. The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as vio and related forms such as violable, violate, and violative. In present use it covers an act that breaks a law, agreement, or right, a minor offence, less serious than a felony, and the act of entering someone's property or space without permission.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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