VIOLATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does violation mean? 

• VIOLATION (noun)
  The noun VIOLATION has 5 senses:

1. a crime less serious than a felony

2. an act that disregards an agreement or a right

3. entry to another's property without right or permission

4. a disrespectful act

5. the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will

  Familiarity information: VIOLATION used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VIOLATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A crime less serious than a felony

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

infraction; infringement; misdemeanor; misdemeanour; violation

Hypernyms ("violation" is a kind of...):

crime; criminal offence; criminal offense; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "violation"):

breach of the peace; disorderly behavior; disorderly conduct; disturbance of the peace (any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled)

false pretence; false pretense ((law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation)

indecent exposure; public nudity (vulgar and offensive nakedness in a public place)

bearing false witness; lying under oath; perjury (criminal offense of making false statements under oath)

sedition (an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An act that disregards an agreement or a right

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

infringement; violation

Context example:

he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment

Hypernyms ("violation" is a kind of...):

actus reus; misconduct; wrongdoing; wrongful conduct (activity that transgresses moral or civil law)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "violation"):

copyright infringement; infringement of copyright (a violation of the rights secured by a copyright)

foul (an act that violates the rules of a sport)

patent infringement (violation of the rights secured by a patent)

Derivation:

violate (fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Entry to another's property without right or permission

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

encroachment; intrusion; trespass; usurpation; violation

Hypernyms ("violation" is a kind of...):

actus reus; misconduct; wrongdoing; wrongful conduct (activity that transgresses moral or civil law)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "violation"):

inroad (an encroachment or intrusion)

Derivation:

violate (violate the sacred character of a place or language)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A disrespectful act

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

irreverence; violation

Hypernyms ("violation" is a kind of...):

evil; immorality; iniquity; wickedness (morally objectionable behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "violation"):

blasphemy; desecration; profanation; sacrilege (blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character)

Derivation:

violate (violate the sacred character of a place or language)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

assault; rape; ravishment; violation

Hypernyms ("violation" is a kind of...):

sex crime; sex offense; sexual abuse; sexual assault (a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "violation"):

date rape (rape in which the rapist is known to the victim (as when they are on a date together))

carnal abuse; statutory rape (sexual intercourse with a person (girl or boy) who has not reached the age of consent (even if both parties participate willingly))

Derivation:

violate (force (someone) to have sex against their will)

 Context examples 

A subject domain utilized for the submission of information encompassing and representing data, vocabulary or records related to the violation of trial inclusion and exclusion criteria of a subject.

(Inclusion Exclusion Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

The intent of the domain model is to only collect those criteria that cause the subject to be in violation of the inclusion/exclusion criteria not a response to each criterion.

(Inclusion Exclusion Domain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

I should have thought it a gross violation of duty and respect.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

To meet the requirements under law; not in violation of law or anything related to the law.

(Legal, NCI Thesaurus)

Ensuring that common error patterns and violations of best practices in coding have been followed.

(Device Source Code Validation Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)

A disorder characterized by a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others that is manifested in childhood or early adolescence.

(Antisocial Personality Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

For him to attack her would require nothing less than a violation of his instinct.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

It is really too great a violation of decency, honour, and interest, for him to be guilty of.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

As it is, every storiette, every word of every storiette, was a violation of myself, of my self-respect, of my respect for beauty.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A disorder diagnosed in childhood or adolescence age group characterized by aggressive behavior, deceitfulness, destruction of property or violation of rules that is persistent and repetitive, and within a one year period.

(Conduct Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)