To violate, do violence to; to fail to observe or keep; to transgress. (The opposite of to keep sacred… a law, commandment, rule, requirement; a…

To break (a commandment, promise, etc.).

transitive. Scottish. To transgress, contravene.

transitive. To break, infringe, or contravene (a law, rule, etc.). Also: to fail to maintain or respect (a right or privilege).

transitive. To go beyond the bounds or limits prescribed by (a law, command, etc.); to break, violate, infringe, contravene, trespass against.

transitive. To infringe (a liberty, a law, etc.). rare.

To commit a breach or infraction of (a law, obligation, right, etc.); to violate or break (an oath, pledge, treaty, etc.); to transgress, contravene.

transitive. To deviate from or transgress (a law, command, etc.). Obsolete.

transitive. Of persons: To go counter to; to transgress, infringe (a law, provision, etc.); to act in defiance or disregard of.

transitive. To violate or break (a promise, bond, etc.); to profane.

transitive. To violate or infringe flagrantly (a law, right, principle, etc.); to injure or insult (feelings, etc.).