Meaning of violation

vi•o•la•tion

1. the act of violating.
2. the state of being violated.
3. a breach, infringement, or transgression, as of a law, rule, promise, etc.: He was fined for a traffic violation.
4. desecration; profanation: the violation of a cemetery.
5. sexual molestation, esp. rape.
6. a distortion of meaning or fact.