violate
[verb]
Synonyms:
- break, contravene, disobey, disregard, encroach upon, infringe, transgress
- desecrate, abuse, befoul, defile, dishonour, pollute, profane
- rape, abuse, assault, debauch, ravish

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Antonyms: observe, obey
Contrasted words: abide by, carry out, fulfill, submit (to), heed, keep, mind
Related Words: disregard, trample (on or upon), err, sin, overpass, trespass

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English Thesaurus: disobey, break a law/rule, defy, flout, violate, ...

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vi‧o‧late AC /ˈvaɪəleɪt/ verb [transitive]
[Word Family: noun: violence ≠ non-violence, violator, violation; verb: violate; adverb: violently; adjective: violent ≠ non-violent]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: past participle of violare]

1. to disobey or do something against an official agreement, law, principle etc:
34 protesters were arrested for violating criminal law.
regimes that violate human rights

2. to do something that makes someone feel that they have been attacked or have suffered a great loss of respect:
Victims of burglaries often feel personally violated.
The media regularly violates people’s privacy.

3. formal to break open a grave, or force your way into a holy place without showing any respect:
Vandals had violated the graveyard.

4. literary to force a woman to have sex Synonym : rape
—violator noun [countable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

violate
verb
ADV. flagrantly, shamelessly They have flagrantly violated the treaty.
systematically | brutally The peace of the island community had been brutally violated.

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disobey to not obey a person, order, rule, or law:
In the army, it is a crime to disobey a superior officer.
He had disobeyed the school rules.
break a law/rule to not obey a law or rule:
Anyone who breaks the law must expect to be punished.
defy formal to deliberately refuse to obey a rule or law, or what someone in authority tells you to do:
The police arrested the youth for defying a court order.
flout /flaʊt/ formal to deliberately disobey a rule or law in a very public way:
Timber companies are continuing to flout environmental laws.
violate formal to disobey a law, or do something that is against an agreement or principle:
Both countries have accused each other of violating the treaty.
Technically he had violated the law.
contravene formal to be against a law, rule, or agreement, or to do something that is against a law, rule, or agreement:
The British government’s actions contravened the European Convention on Human Rights.

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