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infraction

in·frac·tion
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [in-frak-shuh n]
    • /ɪnˈfræk ʃən/
    • /ɪnˈfræk.ʃən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [in-frak-shuh n]
    • /ɪnˈfræk ʃən/

Definitions of infraction word

  • noun infraction breach; violation; infringement: an infraction of the rules. 1
  • noun infraction Medicine/Medical. an incomplete fracture of a bone. 1
  • noun infraction A violation or infringement of a law, agreement, or set of rules. 1
  • noun infraction breaking of a rule 1
  • countable noun infraction An infraction of a rule or law is an instance of breaking it. 0
  • noun infraction a breaking of a law, pact, etc.; violation; infringement 0
See all 6 definitions of infraction

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Origin of infraction

First appearance:

before 1615
One of the 41% oldest English words
First recorded in 1615-25, infraction is from the Latin word infrāctiōn- (stem of infrāctiō). See infract, -ion

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Parts of speech for Infraction

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Infraction

infraction popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for infraction

noun infraction

  • infringement — a breach or infraction, as of a law, right, or obligation; violation; transgression.
  • lapse — an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice.
  • crime — A crime is an illegal action or activity for which a person can be punished by law.
  • transgression — an act of transgressing; violation of a law, command, etc.; sin.
  • offense — a violation or breaking of a social or moral rule; transgression; sin.
All 16 Synonyms of infraction

Antonyms for infraction

noun infraction

  • behavior — People's or animals' behavior is the way that they behave. You can refer to a typical and repeated way of behaving as a behavior.
  • obedience — the state or quality of being obedient.
  • right — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
  • kindness — the state or quality of being kind: kindness to animals.
All 4 Antonyms of infraction

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Related words

  • breach

    If you breach an agreement, a law, or a promise, you break it.

  • appeal play

    Baseball. an appeal by the team in the field to the umpire regarding a possible base-running infraction, such as failure to touch a base or leaving it to score before a fly is caught, that is considered only when the defending team tags the runner or base in question before making the appeal.

  • disfellowship

    (in some Protestant religions) the status of a member who, because of some serious infraction of church policy, has been denied the church's sacraments and any post of responsibility and is officially shunned by other members.

  • double dribble

    an infraction, resulting in loss of possession of the ball, occurring either when a player uses both hands simultaneously when dribbling or when a player interrupts a dribble by holding the ball momentarily in one or both hands.

  • infringe

    to commit a breach or infraction of; violate or transgress: to infringe a copyright; to infringe a rule.

  • infringement

    a breach or infraction, as of a law, right, or obligation; violation; transgression.
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