An action which goes against specificrules or regulations set by national, state or localgovernment and those set by specific governingbodies of a trade or profession. Such as when alicensee goes against any Act set forth in Article12-A.

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
violation (noun)
the act of the state of being as - violating violated
a) - infringement transgression , specifically an infringement of the rules in sports that is less serious than a foul and usually involves technicalities of play
b) an act of irreverence or desecration - profanation
c) - disturbance interruption
d) - rape ravishment
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
violation (noun)
1.
a breaking of a moral or legal code
SYNONYMS:
breach, crime, debt, error, lawbreaking, malefaction, misdeed, misdoing, sin, transgression, trespass, violation, wrongdoing
RELATED WORDS:
bias crime, hate crime; felony, misconduct, misdemeanor, misfeasance; fault, foible, peccadillo; break, infringement; immorality, iniquitousness, iniquity, sinfulness, vice, wickedness; corruption, debauchery, depravity, licentiousness; abuse, criminality, illegality, lawlessness, unlawfulness; descent, downfall, fall
NEAR ANTONYMS:
blamelessness, faultlessness, guiltlessness, impeccability, innocence, irreproachability; goodness, morality, righteousness, virtue, virtuousness
noncrime
violation (noun)
2.
a failure to uphold the requirements of law, duty, or obligation
SYNONYMS:
contravention, infraction, infringement, transgression, trespass, violation
RELATED WORDS:
misconduct, misdemeanor, misfeasance, misprision, offense ( offence), sin, wrong; disregard, forgetting, ignoring, nonobservance, overlooking; delinquency, dereliction, neglect; encroachment, intrusion, invasion
NEAR ANTONYMS:
respecting, upholding
noninfringement, nonviolation, observance
violation (noun)
3.
the act of forcing a person to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse
SYNONYMS:
assault, ravishment, sexual assault, violation
RELATED WORDS:
acquaintance rape, date rape, statutory rape; gang rape; indecent assault, molestation; defilement, deflowering
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