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to fail to keep<you violated the school rule against swearing at sporting events>Synonymsbreach, break, infringe, transgressRelated Wordsdisobey, rebel; brush off, disregard, ignore, overlook, overpass, pass over, tune out, wink (at); dismiss, pooh-pooh (also pooh), scorn, shrug off; defy, resist, withstandNear Antonymsdefer (to), serve, submit (to), surrender (to), yield (to); attend, hear, heed, listen (to), mark, note, notice, regard, watchAntonymscomply (with), conform (to), follow, mind, obey, observe
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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
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