violation

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
violate/ˈvʌɪəleɪt/

▶verb

• 1 break or fail to comply with (a rule or formal agreement).

• 2 treat with disrespect.

• 3 chiefly literary rape or sexually assault.

– derivatives
violable adjective,
violation noun,
violator noun.

– origin ME: from L. violat-, violare ‘treat violently’.