Entry Word: violate

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to fail to keep <you violated the school rule against swearing at sporting events>

Synonyms breach, break, infringe, transgress

Related Words disobey, rebel; brush off, disregard, ignore, overlook, overpass, pass over, tune out, wink (at); dismiss, pooh-pooh (also pooh), scorn, shrug off; defy, resist, withstand

Near Antonyms defer (to), serve, submit (to), surrender (to), yield (to); attend, hear, heed, listen (to), mark, note, notice, regard, watch

Antonyms comply (with), conform (to), follow, mind, obey, observe

2 to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect <the invaders violated the temple by using it to stable their horses> — see desecrate