violation | Definition of violation

Synonyms and Antonyms of 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 of violation

breach, crime, debt, error, lawbreaking, malefaction, misdeed, misdoing, offense (or offence), sin, transgression, trespass, wrongdoing

Words Related to violation

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, fall

Near Antonyms of violation

blamelessness, faultlessness, guiltlessness, impeccability, innocence, irreproachability

goodness, morality, righteousness, virtue, virtuousness

Antonyms of violation

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 of violation

breach, contravention, infraction, infringement, transgression, trespass

Words Related to violation

misconduct, misdemeanor, misfeasance, misprision, offense (or offence), sin, wrong

disregard, forgetting, ignoring, nonobservance, overlooking

delinquency, dereliction, neglect

encroachment, intrusion, invasion

Near Antonyms of violation

respecting, upholding

Antonyms of violation

noninfringement, observance

3 the act of forcing a person to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse

war crimes include the violation of civilians

Synonyms of violation

assault, rape, ravishment, sexual assault

Words Related to violation

acquaintance rape, date rape, statutory rape

indecent assault, molestation

defilement, deflowering