violation

1 a breaking of a moral or legal code in colonial times blasphemy was considered a serious civil violation that merited harsh punishment Synonyms breach, crime, debt, error, lawbreaking, malefaction, misdeed, misdoing, sin, transgression, trespass, offense, wrongdoingRelated Words bias crime, hate crime; felony, misconduct, misdemeanor, misfeasance; fault, foible, peccadillo; break, infringement; immorality, iniquitousness, iniquity, sinfulness, vice, wickedness; corruption, debauchery, depravity, licentiousness; abuse, criminality, illegality, lawlessness, unlawfulness; descent, downfall, fallNear Antonyms blamelessness, faultlessness, guiltlessness, impeccability, innocence, irreproachability; goodness, morality, righteousness, virtue, virtuousnessAntonyms noncrime

2 a failure to uphold the requirements of law, duty, or obligation a military action that must be regarded as a violation of the treaty Synonyms contravention, infraction, infringement, transgression, trespass, breachRelated Words misconduct, misdemeanor, misfeasance, misprision, offense (or offence), sin, wrong; disregard, forgetting, ignoring, nonobservance, overlooking; delinquency, dereliction, neglect; encroachment, intrusion, invasionNear Antonyms respecting, upholdingAntonyms noninfringement, nonviolation, observance

3 the act of forcing a person to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse the time-honored brutalities of war include the violation of the enemy's womenfolk Synonyms assault, ravishment, sexual assault, rapeRelated Words acquaintance rape, date rape, statutory rape; gang rape; indecent assault, molestation; defilement, deflowering