Meaning

verb fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns

verb act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

verb destroy

originFrom Middle English violaten (“to defile, render impure”), from violat(e) (“defiled, desecrated”, also used as the past participle of violaten) + -en, borrowed from Latin violātus, perfect passive participle of violō (“to treat with violence (whether bodily or mental)”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Ultimately from vīs (“strength, power, force, violence”).

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