violation

violation is a 9-letter English word with 10 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated.
2. noun. Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc.
3. noun. An act of irreverence or desecration; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred things; as, the violation of a church.
4. noun. Interruption, as of sleep or peace; disturbance.
5. noun. Ravishment; rape; outrage.
6. noun. entry to another's property without right or permission

   Synonyms: encroachment, intrusion, trespass, usurpation

7. noun. a disrespectful act

   Synonyms: irreverence

8. noun. a crime less serious than a felony

   Synonyms: infraction, infringement, misdemeanor, misdemeanour

9. noun. an act that disregards an agreement or a right

   "he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment"

   Synonyms: infringement

10. noun. the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will

    Synonyms: assault, rape, ravishment

Synonyms

encroachment, intrusion, trespass, usurpation, irreverence, infraction, infringement, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, assault, rape, ravishment

Common word forms

violations, violational

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