Definition for VI-O-LA'TION

VI-O-LA'TION, n. [Fr.]

  1. The act of violating or injuring; interruption, as of sleep or peace.
  2. Infringement; transgression; non-observance; as, the violation of law or positive command; a violation of covenants, engagements and promises; a violation of vows.
  3. Act of irreverence; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred things; as, the violation of a church.
  4. Ravishment; rape.

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