Synonyms for violation
ˌvaɪ əˈleɪ ʃənvi·o·la·tion

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1. violationnoun

   Synonyms:
   desecration, transgression

2. violationnoun

   The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.

   Synonyms:
   desecration, transgression

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1. misdemeanor, misdemeanour, infraction, violation, infringementnoun

   a crime less serious than a felony

   Synonyms:
   ravishment, misdemeanor, irreverence, usurpation, assault, infraction, trespass, intrusion, infringement, misdemeanour, rape, encroachment

2. violation, infringementnoun

   an act that disregards an agreement or a right

   "he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment"

   Synonyms:
   ravishment, misdemeanor, irreverence, usurpation, assault, infraction, trespass, intrusion, infringement, misdemeanour, rape, encroachment

3. trespass, encroachment, violation, intrusion, usurpationnoun

   entry to another's property without right or permission

   Synonyms:
   infringement, misdemeanor, irreverence, usurpation, ravishment, assault, infraction, trespass, intrusion, invasion, misdemeanour, rape, encroachment, impact, impingement

4. irreverence, violationnoun

   a disrespectful act

   Synonyms:
   ravishment, misdemeanor, irreverence, usurpation, assault, infraction, trespass, intrusion, infringement, misdemeanour, rape, encroachment

5. rape, violation, assault, ravishmentnoun

   the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will

   Synonyms:
   ravishment, misdemeanor, irreverence, usurpation, infraction, rapine, assault, intrusion, infringement, misdemeanour, rape, colza, trespass, entrancement, encroachment

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1. • Crime
   • Evil
   • Wrongdoing

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1. violationnoun

   Synonyms:
   infringement, transgression, breaking, breach, non-observance

2. violationnoun

   Synonyms:
   profanation, desecration, pollution

3. violationnoun

   Synonyms:
   ravishment, ravishing, rape, constupration, STUPRATION, defloration, defilement

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1. violationnoun

   Synonyms:
   transgression, infringement, breach, infraction, contravention, profanation, desecration

   Antonyms:
   inviolability, keeping, obedience

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1. List of paraphrases for "violation":

   breach, infringement, violations, rape, contravention, offence, breaches, violating, contrary, breaching, violated, non-compliance, defiance, infraction, abuse, encroachment, transgression, disregard

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1. Bea Edwards:

   A whistleblower can legitimately contact external authorities when there is imminent danger to public health and safety—presumably rape is that—or when there is a serious violation of international or national law, these children were hungry, displaced orphans, and the people abusing them were the people there to protect them.

2. Nils Melzer:

   By failing to prosecute the crime of torture in CIA custody, the U.S. is in clear violation of the Convention against Torture and is sending a dangerous message of complacency and impunity to officials in the U.S. and around the world.

3. Pascal Lamy:

   The U.S. president is taking trade decisions that are in total violation of the WTO rules, that was the case with these Mexican tariffs. The notion that you put a tariff because there are too many people crossing the border is just miles away from any letter and spirit of the WTO agreement. Which is why I qualify this as hostage-taking.

4. John Bel Edwards:

   First of all, I'm not comfortable in saying that I'm happy with the time that has elapsed. But I'm aware that there are reasons for that. And there's an approach that has been taken for as long as anybody can remember when you have criminal investigations that are ongoing, as to the sequence of events, and whether that continues to be the most appropriate approach to that I'm not sure, i do know that it is a matter of public record once the authorities who are conducting the investigations, which happen to be the DA and Union Parish, but also the US Department of Justice for civil rights violation.

5. Elizabeth Sepper:

   If your boss fires you and you open a business and only refuse to serve your former boss, that’s not a violation of discrimination law.