(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.