Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for VI-O-LA'TION
VI-O-LA'TION, n. [Fr.]
- The act of violating or injuring; interruption, as of sleep or peace.
- Infringement; transgression; non-observance; as, the violation of law or positive command; a violation of covenants, engagements and promises; a violation of vows.
- Act of irreverence; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred things; as, the violation of a church.
- Ravishment; rape.
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