The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; interruption, as of sleep or peace; desecration; an act of irreverence; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred or venerable things_ as, the violation of a church; infringement; transgression; non-observance_ as, a violation of law, The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated, Ravishment; rape; outrage