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violation

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12
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15
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/

Definition of violation

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.
    “In this situation, the agent’s lack of knowledge is diagnosed as a violation of the modalized tracking condition, which is relativized to the content-specific method of belief formation employed.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.
    “In this situation, the agent’s lack of knowledge is diagnosed as a violation of the modalized tracking condition, which is relativized to the content-specific method of belief formation employed.”
  2. (countable, euphemistic, uncountable)The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.
  3. (countable, slang, uncountable)The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.
    “Nahh saying that to bro is actually a violation 💀”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French violation, from Latin violātiō (“injury, profanation”), from violō (“to treat with violence; to maltreat; to violate, defile, profane”). Morphologically violate + -ion.

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