violation
/ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
violation noun: an infraction or a failure to follow a rule.
Noun
violation (countable and uncountable, plural violations)
- An infraction or a failure to follow a rule.
- In this situation, the agent’s lack of knowledge is diagnosed as a violation of the modalized tracking condition, which is relativized to the content-specific method of belief formation employed.2007 June 7, Kelly Becker, “Epistemic luck and the generality problem”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 139, number 3, →DOI
- William Davis Jr. admitted he had been drinking and driving, but he said he shouldn’t have been caught. Even though police had issued a BOLO or “be on the lookout” for his car and an officer testified Davis made several traffic violations, he said there wasn’t enough probable cause for the initial...2015 September 10, “Knoxville attorney admits to DUI, argues he shouldn’t have been pulled over”, in WATE, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2016
- Rape; sexual activity forced on another person without their consent.
- An insult, especially a severe one.
- Nahh saying that to bro is actually a violation 💀
violation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
violation in Hindi
- act or instance of violating
- उल्लंघन ullaṅghan, अतिक्रम atikram, अतिचार aticār
violation in Tamil
- சட்ட மீறுகை, மீறல், மீறுகை, விதிமீறல்
violation in Marathi
- उल्लंघन
violation in Urdu
- بےادبی, بےجا مداخلت, عصمت دری, خلل اندازی, خلاف ورزی
More languagesFewer languages
- violation in Bengali
- উল্লঙ্ঘন, ভঙ্গ, খেলাপ, ব্যতিক্রম
- violation in Telugu
- ఉల్లంఘన ullaṅghana, అతిక్రమణ atikramaṇa
- violation in Malayalam
- ലംഘനം laṅghanaṁ
- violation in Kannada
- ಗಡಿ ದಾಟುವುದು, ಸೀಮೋಲ್ಲಂಘನ
- violation in Punjabi
- ਉਲੰਘਣਾ
- violation in Gujarati
- ઉલ્લંઘન
- violation in Odia
- ଉଲ୍ଲଙ୍ଘନ, ଉଲ୍ଲଂଘନ
- violation in Nepali
- उल्लङ्घन, उल्लघंन
- violation in Tagalog
- paglabag, pagsuway
- violation in Arabic
- اِنْتِهَاك intihāk
Examples of violation in a sentence
- The continued seizure of the car is a violation of my rights.
- They weighed every third truck in to check for overweight violations.
- Some of the usage prescriptions improved clarity and were kept; others that yielded discordant violations of idiom were eventually revised.
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Forms of violation
| plural | violations |
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Origin of violation
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.
Words formed from violation
Words that rhyme with violation
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- accommodation
- presentation
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- modulation
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- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about violation
- What does violation mean?
- Violation means an infraction or a failure to follow a rule.
- What is violation in Hindi?
- Violation in Hindi is उल्लंघन (ullaṅghan), अतिक्रम (atikram), अतिचार (aticār). See Violation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is violation?
- Violation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce violation?
- Violation is pronounced /ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/.
- What is the plural of violation?
- The plural of violation is violations.
Words near violation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: violation (page history and authors); violation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); violation (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); violation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); violation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); violation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); violation (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); violation (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); violation (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); violation (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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