📖 Definitions of "Violates"
verb
- 1
To break or disregard (a rule or convention).
"Accessing unauthorized files violates security protocol."
- 2
To rape.
- 3
To cite (a person) for a parole violation.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Violates"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| infractverb | (transitive) To infringe, violate or disobey (a rule). |
| go againstverb | To oppose; to resist |
| desecrateverb | (transitive) To profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity of something. |
| dishonourverb | To bring disgrace upon someone or something; to shame. |
| profaneverb | (transitive) To violate (something sacred); to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate |
| dishonorverb | American standard spelling of dishonour. |
| offendverb | (transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult. |
| outrageverb | (transitive) To inspire feelings of outrage in. |
| despoilverb | (transitive) To plunder; to pillage; take spoil from. |
| plunderverb | (transitive) To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack. |
| rapeverb | (chiefly transitive) To force sexual intercourse or other sexual activity upon (someone) without their consent. |
| ravishverb | (transitive, usually passive voice) To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy. |
| transgressverb | (transitive) To act in violation of some law. |
| breakverb | (ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly. |
| breachverb | (transitive) To violate or break. |
| affectsverb | (transitive) To influence or alter. |
| breachesnoun | (law) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment. |
| breaksverb | (ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly. |
| contradictsverb | To deny the truth or validity of (a statement or statements). |
| contraryverb | (obsolete) To oppose; to frustrate. |
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