the act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated.-infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc.-an act of irreverence or desecration; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred things; as, the violation of a church.-interruption, as of sleep or peace; disturbance.-ravishment; rape; outrage.