(1):
(n.) Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc.
(2):
(n.) Ravishment; rape; outrage.
(3):
(n.) The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated.
(4):
(n.) Interruption, as of sleep or peace; disturbance.
(5):
(n.) An act of irreverence or desecration; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred things; as, the violation of a church.