VIOLATE

violate

(verb) destroy; “Don’t violate my garden”; “violate my privacy”

rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder

(verb) destroy and strip of its possession; “The soldiers raped the beautiful country”

transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break

(verb) act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; “offend all laws of humanity”; “violate the basic laws or human civilization”; “break a law”; “break a promise”

rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage

(verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will; “The woman was raped on her way home at night”

desecrate, profane, outrage, violate

(verb) violate the sacred character of a place or language; “desecrate a cemetery”; “violate the sanctity of the church”; “profane the name of God”

violate, go against, break

(verb) fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns; “This sentence violates the rules of syntax”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

violate (third-person singular simple present violates, present participle violating, simple past and past participle violated)

(transitive) To break or disregard (a rule or convention).

Antonyms: comply, obey

(transitive, euphemistic) To rape.

(transitive, prison slang) To cite (a person) for a parole violation.

Source: Wiktionary

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Vi"o*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Violates; p. pr. & vb. n. Violating.] Etym: [L. violatus, p. p. of violare to violate, fr. vis strength, force. See Violent.]

1. To treat in a violent manner; to abuse. His wife Boadicea violated with stripes, his daughters with rape. Milton.

2. To do violence to, as to anything that should be held sacred or respected; to profane; to desecrate; to break forcibly; to trench upon; to infringe. Violated vows 'Twixt the souls of friend and friend. Shak. Oft have they violated The temple, oft the law, with foul affronts. Milton.

3. To disturb; to interrupt. "Employed, it seems, to violate sleep." Milton.

4. To commit rape on; to ravish; to outrage.

Syn.

– To injure; disturb; interrupt; infringe; transgress; profane; deflour; debauch; dishonor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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