All violation synonyms

noun violation

• 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.
• misdemeanor — Law. a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony.
• gaff — harsh treatment or criticism: All the gaff he took never made him bitter.
• goof-up — a foolish or stupid person.
• bad faith — intention to deceive; treachery or dishonesty (esp in the phrase in bad faith)
• insubmission — Lack of submission; disobedience.
• contravention — an act of contravening; action counter to something; violation or opposition.
• inconstancy — not constant; changeable; fickle; variable: an inconstant friend.
• outrage — an act of wanton cruelty or violence; any gross violation of law or decency.
• felony — an offense, as murder or burglary, of graver character than those called misdemeanors, especially those commonly punished in the U.S. by imprisonment for more than a year.
• wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
• breach — If you breach an agreement, a law, or a promise, you break it.
• onesidedness — The property of being onesided.
• oppugnancy — opposing; antagonistic; contrary.
• iconoclasm — the action or spirit of iconoclasts.
• abuse — Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
• crime — A crime is an illegal action or activity for which a person can be punished by law.
• molestation — to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
• breach of trust — a violation of duty by a trustee or any other person in a fiduciary position
• delict — a wrongful act for which the person injured has the right to a civil remedy
• invasion — an act or instance of invading or entering as an enemy, especially by an army.
• criminality — the state or quality of being criminal
• despoilment — The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.
• wrongdoing — behavior or action that is wrong, evil, or blameworthy.
• malpractice — Law. failure of a professional person, as a physician or lawyer, to render proper services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, especially when injury or loss follows.
• infraction — breach; violation; infringement: an infraction of the rules.
• foul — grossly offensive to the senses; disgustingly loathsome; noisome: a foul smell.
• nonacceptance — the act of taking or receiving something offered.
• indiscipline — lack of discipline or control: a campus problem of student indiscipline.
• obstructiveness — The characteristic of being obstructive.
• maltreatment — to treat or handle badly, cruelly, or roughly; abuse: to maltreat a prisoner.
• assault — An assault by an army is a strong attack made on an area held by the enemy.
• negativism — a negative or pessimistic attitude.
• disobedience — lack of obedience or refusal to comply; disregard or transgression.
• infiltration — the act or process of infiltrating.
• offense — a violation or breaking of a social or moral rule; transgression; sin.
• bohemianism — unconventional behaviour or appearance, esp of an artist
• nonconformity — failure or refusal to conform, as with established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
• entrenchment — The process of entrenching or something which entrenches.
• date rape — Date rape is when a man rapes a woman whom he has met socially.
• defacing — to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure: to deface a wall by writing on it.
• wrongness — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
• encroachment — Intrusion on a person's territory, rights, etc.
• nonconsent — Lack of consent.
• nonobservance — absence or lack of observance.
• nonagreement — Absence of agreement; disagreement, discord.
• antinomy — opposition of one law, principle, or rule to another; contradiction within a law
• attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
• illegality — illegal condition or quality; unlawfulness.