reviolate

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verb

To violate again.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

verbreviolate (third-person singular simple present reviolates, present participle reviolating, simple past and past participle reviolated)

present singular third person reviolates · participle present reviolating · participle past reviolated · past reviolated

  1. To violate again.

    In this way, the state can learn which measures are most effective in ensuring that offenders do not reviolate.

    2008, Guidance for Implementation of the AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    Those polluted external intruders who cross the boundaries of her ritual sanctuary unwittingly "reviolate" her bodily boundaries with the pollutants which they exude.

    1994, Marcia Claire Inhorn, Quest for conception

    Z felt most comfortable imposing the death penalty where the defendant is 'incorrigible and would reviolate if released,' and less comfortable where the defendant is found to have been 'temporarily insane.'

    2007, Lorraine V. Coyne, Capital Punishment Update, →ISBN, page 92

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reviolate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reviolate.

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