01 n. The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated.
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The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated.
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Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc.
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An act of irreverence or desecration; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred things; as, the violation of a church.
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Interruption, as of sleep or peace; disturbance.
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Ravishment; rape; outrage.