Violation \Vi`o*la"tion\, n. [L. violatio: cf. F. violation.]

The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated. Specifically:
   (a) Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc. ``The violation of my faith.'' --Shak.
   (b) An act of irreverence or desecration; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred things; as, the violation of a church. --Udall.
   (c) Interruption, as of sleep or peace; disturbance.
   (d) Ravishment; rape; outrage. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)