Violation
Violation , noun
[Latin violatio: compare French violation.]
The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated.
(a)
Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc.
The violation of my faith.
(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. — Shakespeare