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violation
noun
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 breach, crime, debt, error, lawbreaking, malefaction, misdeed, misdoing, sin, transgression, trespass, violation, wrongdoing
Related 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, fall
Near Antonyms blamelessness, faultlessness, guiltlessness, impeccability, innocence, irreproachability; goodness, morality, righteousness, virtue, virtuousness
Antonyms 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>
Related Words misconduct, misdemeanor, misfeasance, misprision, offense (or offence), sin, wrong; disregard, forgetting, ignoring, nonobservance, overlooking; delinquency, dereliction, neglect; encroachment, intrusion, invasion
Near Antonyms respecting, upholding
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>
Related Words acquaintance rape, date rape, statutory rape; gang rape; indecent assault, molestation; defilement, deflowering
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