1. (n.) Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, a violation of law\, of covenants, promises, etc.

2. (n.) The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated.

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

4. (n.) Interruption, as of sleep or peace; disturbance.

5. (n.) Ravishment; rape; outrage.

aberrance aberrancy abnormality abomination abuse abuse of office abusing assault atrocity attack bad faith battering befoulment betrayal blasphemy breach breach of contract breach of faith breach of privilege breach of promise breach of trust break breaking butchery civil disobedience contravention conversion corrupt administration crime criminal assault criminality debasement debasing debauchment defacement defalcation defilement defiling defloration deflowering deflowerment degradation degrading delict delinquency desecrating desecration despoilment deviance deviancy devirgination disgrace dishonor dishonoring disobedience disorderliness disregard diversion embezzlement encroachment felony forcible seizure fouling frowardness ignominy ignoring ill-treatment ill-usage ill-use illegality improperness impropriety inappropriateness incorrectness indecorousness indecorum indiscipline indocility infamy infraction infringement infringing injury insubordination intractability killing lawbreaking lawlessness laying waste looting maladministration malfeasance malpractice maltreatment malversation massacre misapplication misappropriation misconduct misdemeanor misemployment misfeasance mishandling mismanagement mistreatment misusage misuse molestation naughtiness noncompliance nonconformity noncooperation nonobedience obstreperousness offense onslaught outrage passive resistance peculation perversion pilfering pillaging pity pollution poor stewardship priapism profanation profaning prostitution rape ravage ravishment recusancy riot rioting sacking sacrilege scandal seducement seduction sexual assault sexual possession shame sinfulness slaughter sowing with salt taking terrible thing tort transgression trespass uncooperativeness unduteousness undutifulness unfitness unfittingness unlawfulness unrighteousness unruliness unseemliness unsubmissiveness unsuitability violating violence waywardness wickedness willful disobedience wrong wrongdoing wrongfulness wrongness