violation > define

noun

• A crime less serious than a felony.
  • synonyms: misdemeanor, misdemeanour, infraction, infringement
• An act that disregards an agreement or a right.
  • usage: "he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment"
  • synonyms: infringement
• Entry to another's property without right or permission.
  • synonyms: trespass, encroachment, intrusion, usurpation
• A disrespectful act.
  • synonyms: irreverence
• The crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will.
  • synonyms: rape, assault, ravishment

• (n.) Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc.
• (n.) An act of irreverence or desecration; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred things; as, the violation of a church.
• (n.) The act of violating, treating with violence or injuring; the state of being violated.
• (n.) Ravishment; rape; outrage.
• (n.) Interruption, as of sleep or peace; disturbance.

Any breach of a contract, rule, law or ordinance.