English English Dictionary

The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated.

Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc.

An act of irreverence or desecration; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred things; as, the violation of a church.

Interruption, as of sleep or peace; disturbance.

Ravishment; rape; outrage.