VIOLATION

Definitions

1. 1. The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated. Specifically: --
2. 2. Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc. "The violation of my faith." Shak.
3. 3. An act of irreverence or desecration; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred things; as, the violation of a church. Udall.
4. 4. Interruption, as of sleep or peace; disturbance.
5. 5. Ravishment; rape; outrage. Shak.