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