violatingn.
/ˈvʌɪəleɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈvaɪəˌleɪdɪŋ/ The action of violate v. (in various senses). Also: a violation.
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society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > transgression of rights, rules, etc.
transgression1426
violation1433
violating1523
contemeration1658
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > irreverence > [noun] > desecration or profanation
sacrilege1390
violation1461
violating1523
profaning1547
profanation1588
temeration1641
desecrationa1717
the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > non-observance or breach > [noun]
borrow-breacha900
brucheOE
breacha1382
violation1433
rupture1439
non-observance1453
misobservance1496
violating1523
swerving1545
infringinga1575
inobservation1579
recess1601
inobservancea1626
infringement1628
misobservancy1637
egression1651
nonconformity1653
unobservance1654
brack1658
infraction1673
violence1743
non-conformance1786
inobservancy1824
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > [noun] > defilement of chastity or woman > forcible
forcinga1382
oppressionc1395
rapec1425
ravishment1436
rapt1449
violation?1506
violating1523
stuprationa1525
abuse1585
raping?1585
constupration1611
rapture?1615
gang-banging1949
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. cxxvi/2 Some of his owne men feared that he wolde do some hurt to his owne countre as in violatyng of goddes churches [Fr. qu'il..ne violast les eglises].
1598 tr. J. de Serres Hist. Coll. 49 That long and daungerous war, which..caused so many rauishings and violatings of women and maids.
1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism The violating of the Covenant is not fitly called a nullifying of it.
1671 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) at Sacrilegious A robbing of Churches, or violating of holy things.
1747 W. Douglass Summary State Brit. Settlements N.-Amer. I. i. 3 Their violating of their Guarantee of the Pragmatick Sanction, concerning the Austrian Succession.
a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) II. iv. iv. 720 The violating of a bride, or espoused virgin.
1829 Monthly Rev. June 159 What passes beyond the commonly recognised bounds of science with a violating of truth.
1878 Dublin Rev. July 199 Laws and statutes to encourage the Catholic ideal of life in all classes; but not..to the violating of legitimate prescription.
1913 Z. Grey Desert Gold xvi. 273 It was as if these aged walls resented the violating of their silent sanctity.
2000 R. Oittinen Translating for Children v. 92 Maybe the subject of the violating of taboos in books like Pippi Longstocking is one reason that these books are so popular among children.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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