Meanings
plural violations
- The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.
- countableuncountableAn infraction or a failure to follow a rule.
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.
2007 June 7, Kelly Becker, “Epistemic luck and the generality problem”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 139, number 3, →DOI1 more example
William Davis Jr. admitted he had been drinking and driving, but he said he shouldn’t have been caught. Even though police had issued a BOLO or “be on the lookout” for his car and an officer testified Davis made several traffic violations, he said there wasn’t enough probable cause for the initial traffic stop that turned into a DUI. […] Davis said he should not have been stopped because the BOLO for his car was not checked out before he was pulled over, but Justice Cornelia Clark pointed out that shouldn’t matter.
2015 September 10, “Knoxville attorney admits to DUI, argues he shouldn’t have been pulled over”, in WATE, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2016 - countableslanguncountableAn insult, especially a severe one.
Nahh saying that to bro is actually a violation 💀
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna crime less serious than a felony
nounan act that disregards an agreement or a right
nounentry to another's property without right or permission
nounthe crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinviolātiō“injury, profanation”
- Middle Frenchviolation
- Englishviolation
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.
More words from Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic اِنْتِهَاك
- اِنْتِهَاك (intihāk)act or instance of violating
Bulgarian наруше́ние
- наруше́ние (narušénie)act or instance of violating
Catalan vulneració, violació
- vulneracióact or instance of violating
- violacióact or instance of violating
Chinese Mandarin 違規 /违规
- 違規 /违规 (wéiguī)act or instance of violating
Czech porušení
- porušeníact or instance of violating
Danish krænkning
- krænkningact or instance of violating
Dutch overtreding, schending
- overtredingact or instance of violating
- schendingact or instance of violating
Finnish loukkaus, rikkomus
- loukkausact or instance of violating
- rikkomusact or instance of violating
French infraction
- infractionact or instance of violating
German Verletzung
- Verletzungact or instance of violating
Greek παραβίαση, καταστρατήγηση
- παραβίαση (paravíasi)act or instance of violating
- καταστρατήγηση (katastratígisi)act or instance of violating
- παράβαση (parávasi)act or instance of violating
Hebrew עבירה
- עבירהact or instance of violating
Hindi उल्लंघन, अतिक्रम
- उल्लंघन (ullaṅghan)act or instance of violating
- अतिक्रम (atikram)act or instance of violating
- अतिचार (aticār)act or instance of violating
Hungarian megsértés, megszegés
- megsértésact or instance of violating
- megszegésact or instance of violating
- szabálysértésact or instance of violating
Italian violazione
- violazioneact or instance of violating
Japanese 違反
- 違反 (ihan)act or instance of violating
Korean 위반, 침해
- 위반 (wiban)act or instance of violating
- 침해 (chimhae)act or instance of violating
- 유린 (yurin)act or instance of violating
- 유린 (yurin)act or instance of violating
- 유린 (yurin)act or instance of violating
Māori koeretanga, pāwhera
- koeretangaRape or sexual activity forced on another person without their consent
- pāwheraRape or sexual activity forced on another person without their consent
- pāwheratangaRape or sexual activity forced on another person without their consent
- takahangaact or instance of violating
- hāpiroact or instance of violating
Norwegian Bokmål overtredelse
- overtredelseact or instance of violating
Polish naruszenie, pogwałcenie
- naruszenieact or instance of violating
- pogwałcenieact or instance of violating
Portuguese violação
- violaçãoact or instance of violating
Russian наруше́ние, несоблюде́ние
- наруше́ние (narušénije)act or instance of violating
- несоблюде́ние (nesobljudénije)act or instance of violating
Spanish violación, vulneración
- violaciónact or instance of violating
- vulneraciónact or instance of violating
Swahili ukiukwaji
- ukiukwajiact or instance of violating
Swedish kränkning
- kränkningact or instance of violating
Tagalog paglabag, pagsuway
- paglabagact or instance of violating
- pagsuwayact or instance of violating
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with violation
Anagrams
Cite this entry
violation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/violation
“violation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/violation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “violation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/violation.
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