infract

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/ɪnˈfɹækt/

verb

To infringe, violate or disobey (a rule).

“infracted rock”

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transgressoffendviolatego againstbreachbreak
OriginLatin īnfringō →
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Meanings

infract1

verbinfract (third-person singular simple present infracts, present participle infracting, simple past and past participle infracted)

present singular third person infracts · participle present infracting · participle past infracted · past infracted

  1. transitiveTo infringe, violate or disobey (a rule).
  2. transitiveTo break off.

    infracted rock

infract2

adjectiveinfract (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot broken or fractured; unharmed; whole.

    a mind infract

    1612, George Chapman, Petrarch's Seven Penitential Psalams

Synonyms & antonyms

verbact in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

Similar
transgressoffendviolatego againstbreachbreak
Broader
disrespect
Also see
breachbreakgo againstinfringeoffendtransgressviolate

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

infract · verb

  1. Latinīnfringō
  2. Englishinfract

From Latin īnfringō, past participle īnfractus. See infringe.

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infract · adjective

  1. Latinīnfractus
  2. Englishinfract

From Latin īnfractus, from in- (“not”) + fractus (“broken”), past participle of fringō (“break”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

franticinfarct
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MLA

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Chicago

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