violation

Other forms of violation

plural

violations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about violation

What does violation mean?

violation means "a crime less serious than a felony". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in violation?

violation has 4 syllables: vi-o-la-tion. The stress falls on "la". In IPA it is /vaɪəˈleɪʃən/.

What is another word for violation?

Close synonyms include misdemeanor, misdemeanour, infraction, infringement, infringement. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is violation a common word?

violation is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with violation?

65 words rhyme with violation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.