Violation

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated. Specifically: --

2. Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc. "The violation of my faith." Shak.

3. An act of irreverence or desecration; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred things; as, the violation of a church. Udall.

4. Interruption, as of sleep or peace; disturbance.

5. Ravishment; rape; outrage. Shak.