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violation
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Violation \Vi`o*la"tion\, n. [L. violatio: cf. F. violation.]
The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring;
the state of being violated. Specifically:
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(a) Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the
violation of law or positive command, of covenants,
promises, etc. "The violation of my faith." --Shak.
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(b) An act of irreverence or desecration; profanation or
contemptuous treatment of sacred things; as, the
violation of a church. --Udall.
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(c) Interruption, as of sleep or peace; disturbance.
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(d) Ravishment; rape; outrage. --Shak.
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