adj
Meaning 1
Subject to violation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, poetic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
violate
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈvaɪəˌleɪt/
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adj
Meaning 2
Synonym of violated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, poetic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: violated
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Morally impure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, obsolete, poetic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To break or disregard (a rule or convention).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Drinking-and-driving violates the law.
- Accessing unauthorized files violates security protocol.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: comply, obey
verb
Meaning 5
To rape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ravish, viole, vitiate, abuse, constuprate, defile, defoul, dishonour, force, misuse, oppress, outrage, pollute, rape, ravage, r-word, scotch, turn out, violate, grape
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To cite (a person) for a parole violation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
destroy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Don't violate my garden
- violate my privacy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: touch, disturb
verb
Meaning 8
destroy and strip of its possession
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The soldiers raped the beautiful country
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rape, spoil, despoil, plunder
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: destroy, ruin
verb
Meaning 9
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- offend all laws of humanity
- violate the basic laws or human civilization
- break a law
- break a promise
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: transgress, offend, infract, go against, breach, break
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disrespect
Narrower terms: sin, transgress, trespass, drop the ball, blunder, boob, goof, conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene, intrude
verb
Meaning 10
force (someone) to have sex against their will
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The woman was raped on her way home at night
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rape, ravish, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: assail, assault, set on, attack
Narrower terms: gang-rape
verb
Meaning 11
violate the sacred character of a place or language
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- desecrate a cemetery
- violate the sanctity of the church
- profane the name of God
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: desecrate, profane, outrage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: assail, assault, set on, attack
verb
Meaning 12
fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- This sentence violates the rules of syntax
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: go against, break
Antonyms: conform to
Narrower terms: fly in the face of, fly in the teeth of
History
Etymology
From Middle English violat, from Classical Latin violātus.
From Middle English violaten (“to defile, render impure”), from violat(e) (“defiled, desecrated”, also used as the past participle of violaten) + -en, borrowed from Latin violātus, perfect passive participle of violō (“to treat with violence (whether bodily or mental)”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Ultimately from vīs (“strength, power, force, violence”).
Across languages
Translations
101 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: اِنْتَهَكَ (intahaka) — to break or fail to act by rules
- Belarusian: паруша́ць (parušácʹ) — to break or fail to act by rules
- Belarusian: пару́шыць (parúšycʹ) — to break or fail to act by rules
- Bulgarian: наруша́вам (narušávam) — to break or fail to act by rules
- Bulgarian: наруша́ (narušá) — to break or fail to act by rules
- Catalan: vulnerar — to break or fail to act by rules
- Cebuano: lapas — to break or fail to act by rules
- Cebuano: lipas — to break or fail to act by rules
- Chinese Mandarin: 違反 /违反 (wéifǎn) — to break or fail to act by rules
- Chinese Mandarin: 違犯 /违犯 (wéifàn) — to break or fail to act by rules
- Chinese Mandarin: 侵害 (qīnhài) — to break or fail to act by rules
- Czech: porušit — to break or fail to act by rules
- Danish: overtræde — to break or fail to act by rules
- Danish: krænke — to break or fail to act by rules
- Dutch: schenden — to break or fail to act by rules
- Esperanto: malobservi — to break or fail to act by rules
- Esperanto: malrespekti — to break or fail to act by rules
- Estonian: rikkuma — to break or fail to act by rules
- Finnish: rikkoa — to break or fail to act by rules
- French: violer — to break or fail to act by rules
- French: transgresser — to break or fail to act by rules
- Galician: violar — to break or fail to act by rules
- Georgian: არღვევს (arɣvevs) — to break or fail to act by rules
- Georgian: ლახავს (laxavs) — to break or fail to act by rules
- Georgian: ბღალავს (bɣalavs) — to break or fail to act by rules
- German: verletzen — to break or fail to act by rules
- German: brechen — to break or fail to act by rules
- German: überschreiten — to break or fail to act by rules
- German: missachten — to break or fail to act by rules
- German: übertreten — to break or fail to act by rules
- Greek: παραβιάζω (paraviázo) — to break or fail to act by rules
- Hungarian: megsért — to break or fail to act by rules
- Hungarian: megszeg — to break or fail to act by rules
- Ido: violacar — to break or fail to act by rules
- Italian: violare — to break or fail to act by rules
- Japanese: 破る (yaburu) — to break or fail to act by rules
- Japanese: 違う (tagau) — to break or fail to act by rules
- Japanese: 違反する (ihan suru) — to break or fail to act by rules
- Japanese: 侵す (okasu) — to break or fail to act by rules
- Japanese: 侵害する (shingai suru) — to break or fail to act by rules
- Japanese: 侵犯する (shimpan suru) — to break or fail to act by rules
- Kaitag: чербулга́на (čerbulgána) — to break or fail to act by rules
- Korean: 침해하다 (chimhaehada) — to break or fail to act by rules
- Northern Kurdish: binpê kirin — to break or fail to act by rules
- Northern Kurdish: pêbend nebûn — to break or fail to act by rules
- Latin: violō — to break or fail to act by rules
- Māori: pekehāwani — to break or fail to act by rules
- Māori: hara — to break or fail to act by rules
- Māori: takahi — to break or fail to act by rules
- Māori: tāpohe — to break or fail to act by rules
- Māori: hāparu — to break or fail to act by rules
- Māori: tāpohepohe — to break or fail to act by rules
- Polish: naruszać — to break or fail to act by rules
- Polish: pogwałcać — to break or fail to act by rules
- Portuguese: violar — to break or fail to act by rules
- Portuguese: transgredir — to break or fail to act by rules
- Romanian: viola — to break or fail to act by rules
- Romanian: încălca — to break or fail to act by rules
- Russian: наруша́ть (narušátʹ) — to break or fail to act by rules
- Russian: нару́шить (narúšitʹ) — to break or fail to act by rules
- Slovak: porušiť — to break or fail to act by rules
- Slovene: prekršiti — to break or fail to act by rules
- Spanish: violar — to break or fail to act by rules
- Spanish: vulnerar — to break or fail to act by rules
- Spanish: infringir — to break or fail to act by rules
- Spanish: contravenir — to break or fail to act by rules
- Spanish: conculcar — to break or fail to act by rules
- Spanish: violentar — to break or fail to act by rules
- Swedish: kränka — to break or fail to act by rules
- Swedish: överträda — to break or fail to act by rules
- Tagalog: lumabag — to break or fail to act by rules
- Tagalog: sumuway — to break or fail to act by rules
- Tagalog: labagin — to break or fail to act by rules
- Tagalog: suwayin — to break or fail to act by rules
- Telugu: అతిక్రమించు (atikramiñcu) — to break or fail to act by rules
- Ukrainian: пору́шувати (porúšuvaty) — to break or fail to act by rules
- Ukrainian: пору́шити (porúšyty) — to break or fail to act by rules
- Vietnamese: xâm phạm — to break or fail to act by rules
- Yiddish: ברעכן (brekhn) — to break or fail to act by rules
- Yiddish: פאַרלעצן (farletsn) — to break or fail to act by rules
- Yiddish: עובר זײן (oyver zayn) — to break or fail to act by rules
- Bulgarian: изнасилвам (iznasilvam) — to rape
- Catalan: violar — to rape
- Dutch: schenden — to rape
- French: violer — to rape
- Galician: violar — to rape
- Georgian: გაუპატიურება (gauṗaṭiureba) — to rape
- German: vergewaltigen — to rape
- German: entehren — to rape
- German: schänden — to rape
- Italian: violare — to rape
- Northern Kurdish: tecawiz kirin — to rape
- Māori: pā(w)hera — to rape
- Māori: koere — to rape
- Portuguese: violar — to rape
- Russian: изнасиловать (iznasilovatʹ) — to rape
- Spanish: violar — to rape
- Ukrainian: гвалтува́ти (hvaltuváty) — to rape
- Yiddish: פֿאַרגוואַלדיקן (fargvaldikn) — to rape
- Yiddish: שענדן (shendn) — to rape
- Yiddish: מאנס זײַן — to rape
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