the act of violating.

the state of being violated.

a breach, infringement, or transgression, as of a law, rule, promise, etc.

He was fined for a traffic violation.

desecration; profanation

the violation of a cemetery.

sexual molestation, esp. rape.

a distortion of meaning or fact.

noun

obedience , observance , inviolability , keeping

noun

abuse , break , breaking , contravention , encroachment , illegality , infraction , infringement , misbehavior , misdemeanor , negligence , nonobservance , offense , rupture , transgressing , transgression , trespass , trespassing , violating , wrong , assault , blasphemy , debasement , defacement , defacing , degradation , desecration , destruction , devastation , dishonor , invasion , mistreatment , outrage , pollution , profanation , rapine , ravishment , ruin , sacrilege , spoliation , breach , crime , delinquency