Meaning

noun a crime less serious than a felony

noun an act that disregards an agreement or a right

noun entry to another's property without right or permission

originBorrowed from Middle French violation, from Latin violātiō (“injury, profanation”), from violō (“to treat with violence; to maltreat; to violate, defile, profane”). Morphologically violate + -ion.

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