VIOLA'TION, n.
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.
