Meaning

3 senses
  1. The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.

    (countable, uncountable)An infraction or a failure to follow a rule.

    Verletzung

    наруше́ниеnarušénije, несоблюде́ниеnesobljudénije

  2. (countable, euphemistic, uncountable)Rape; sexual activity forced on another person without their consent.

    entry to another's property without right or permission

  3. (countable, slang, uncountable)An insult, especially a severe one.

    Nahh saying that to bro is actually a violation 💀

Examples

58 sentences
  1. You're in violation of the restraining order.

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  2. You're in violation of the dress code.

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  3. I was fined six thousand yen for a parking violation.

    deIch wurde für widerrechtliches Parken mit einem Bußgeld von 6000 Yen belegt.

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  4. What was the violation?

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  5. This is a human rights violation.

    Це порушення прав людини.

    deDas ist ein Verstoß gegen die Menschenrechte.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
act or instance of violating:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
act or instance of violating:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French violation, from Latin violātiō (“injury, profanation”), from v

Borrowed from Middle French violation, from Latin violātiō (“injury, profanation”), from violō (“to treat with violence; to maltreat; to violate, defile, profane”). Morphologically violate + -ion.

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Forms

plural: violations
Singularviolation
Pluralviolations

regular

Synonyms

14 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

19 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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