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| Main Entry: | violate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break a law, agreement |
| Synonyms: | breach, contaminate, contravene, defy, disobey, disregard, disrupt, encroach, err, infringe, meddle, offend, oppose, outrage, profane, resist, sacrilege, sin, transgress, trespass, withstand, infract, tamper with, trample on |
| Antonyms: | obey, observe |
| Main Entry: | violate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rape, defile |
| Synonyms: | abuse, assault, befoul, debauch, defile, desecrate, force, invade, outrage, pollute, profane, ravish, spoil |
| Main Entry: | illegal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | against the law |
| Synonyms: | banned, bootleg*, contraband, criminal, crooked, felonious, forbidden, heavy*, hot*, illegitimate, illicit, irregular, lawless, prohibited, racket, shady, sub rosa, taboo, unauthorized, unconstitutional, unlawful, unofficial, unwarranted, verboten, wildcat*, wrongful, actionable, black-market, extralegal, interdicted, not approved, not legal, outlawed, outside the law, proscribed, prosecutable, smuggled, under the table, unlicensed, unwarrantable, violating |
| Notes: | a form of conduct will be illicit and a type of practice will be illegal |
| Antonyms: | authorized, ethical, good, lawful, legal, legitimate, moral, permissible, right, allowed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sacrilegious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | profane |
| Synonyms: | atheistic, blasphemous, dirty*, filthy*, foul, godless, heathen, impious, indecent, infidel, irreligious, irreverent, obscene, pagan, sinful, ungodly, unhallowed, unholy, desecrating, irreverential, violating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unconstitutional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | illegal |
| Synonyms: | against the law, banned, criminal, felonious, forbidden, illegitimate, illicit, lawless, prohibited, unauthorized, unlawful, wrongful, not legal, outlawed, prosecutable, violating |
| Main Entry: | violation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | breach; breaking of the law |
| Synonyms: | abuse, break, breaking, encroachment, infraction, infringement, misbehavior, misdemeanor, negligence, offense, rupture, transgression, trespass, wrong, contravention, illegality, nonobservance, transgressing, trespassing, violating |
| Antonyms: | obedience, observance |
| Main Entry: | abuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | physically hurt or injure |
| Synonyms: | beat up, corrupt, cut up*, damage, defile, deprave, desecrate, harm, hose*, impair, maltreat, mar, mess up*, mishandle, mistreat, misuse, molest, oppress, persecute, pollute*, rough up, roughhouse, ruin, shake up*, spoil, taint, total*, victimize, violate, wax*, bang up, bung up, ill-treat |
| Antonyms: | cherish, defend, help, preserve, protect, respect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assault |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack |
| Synonyms: | abuse, advance, assail, bash, beset, blast, blitz, bushwhack, charge, come down on*, go for, haul off on, invade, jump, jump down one's throat, jump on one's case, lay into, let have it, light into*, rape, ruin, set upon, shoot down, slam, slap around, storm, strike, trash, violate, work over, zap* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | violate law |
| Synonyms: | breach, contravene, disobey, disregard, infringe, offend, transgress, violate, infract, renege on |
| Antonyms: | agree, obey |
| Main Entry: | commit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform an action |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, act, carry out, complete, contravene, do, enact, execute, offend, perpetrate, pull, pull off*, scandalize, sin, transgress, trespass, violate, wreak, effectuate, go for broke, go in for, go out for |
| Antonyms: | cease, desist, end, idle, loaf, rest, stop, wait |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contravene |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go against, contradict |
| Synonyms: | abjure, breach, break, combat, counteract, cross, defy, disaffirm, disobey, encroach, exclude, fight, gainsay, hinder, impugn, infringe, interfere, interpose, intrude, negate, offend, oppose, overstep, refute, reject, repudiate, resist, spurn, thwart, transgress, traverse, trespass, violate, conflict with, infract |
| Antonyms: | agree, aid, allow, approve, assent, assist, concur, consent, endorse, help, permit, uphold |
| Main Entry: | corrupt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pervert; pollute |
| Synonyms: | abase, abuse, adulterate, bastardize, blemish, blight, bribe, contaminate, damage, debase, debauch, decay, decompose, deface, defile, deform, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, depreciate, despoil, disfigure, disgrace, dishonor, fix, harm, hurt, impair, infect, injure, lower, lure, maltreat, mar, mistreat, misuse, outrage, pull down, putrefy, ravage, reduce, rot, ruin, spoil, square, stain, suborn, subvert, taint, undermine, violate, vitiate, warp, waste, animalize, grease palm, ill-treat |
| Antonyms: | better, chasten, cleanse, dignify, improve, purify |
| Main Entry: | debauch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deprave, corrupt |
| Synonyms: | abuse, bastardize, betray, debase, defile, deflower, demoralize, fornicate, fraternize, intrigue, inveigle, lure, pervert, pollute, ravish, ruin, seduce, subvert, tempt, violate, vitiate, warp, bestialize, brutalize, go bad, go to hell, lead astray, live in the gutter |
| Antonyms: | clean, cleanse, improve, purify, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | deflower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ravish; take away beauty |
| Synonyms: | assault, defile, desecrate, despoil, devour, force, harm, have, mar, molest, outrage, possess, ravage, ravish, ruin, seduce, spoil, violate, deflorate, depredate |
| Main Entry: | defy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | challenge, frustrate |
| Synonyms: | baffle, beard, brave, confront, contemn, dare, defeat, deride, despise, disregard, elude, face, flout, foil, front, gibe*, hang tough*, ignore, insult, mock, oppose, provoke, repel, repulse, resist, ridicule, scorn, slight, spurn, stick*, thwart, venture, violate, withstand, fly in face of, hurl defiance at, make my day, outdare, stick fast, take one on |
| Antonyms: | give in, obey, surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disobey |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disregard rules; refuse to conform |
| Synonyms: | balk, contravene, counteract, dare, decline, defy, desert, differ, disagree, evade, flout, ignore, infringe, misbehave, mutiny, neglect, object, overstep, rebel, resist, revolt, revolution, revolutionize, riot, run riot*, shirk, strike, transgress, violate, withstand, be remiss, break rules, fly in face of, go counter to, insurrect, not heed, not listen, not mind, pay no attention to, recalcitrate, rise in arms, set aside, take law into own hands |
| Antonyms: | conform, obey, oblige, regard, submit, go along |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | force |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use violence upon |
| Synonyms: | assault, blast, break in, burst, defile, extort, jimmy*, propel, pry, push, rape, ravish, spoil, squeeze, thrust, twist, undo, violate, wrench, wrest, wring, break open, bust open, crack open |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impinge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trespass |
| Synonyms: | affect, disturb, encroach, influence, infringe, intrude, invade, meddle, obtrude, pry, touch, violate, bear upon, make inroads |
| Antonyms: | avoid, dodge |
| Main Entry: | intrude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trespass, interrupt |
| Synonyms: | barge in, bother, butt in*, cut in, disturb, encroach, entrench, hold up, horn in, infringe, insinuate, interfere, interject, interpolate, interpose, introduce, invade, meddle, obtrude, overstep, pester, thrust, violate, chisel in, go beyond, intercalate, interlope, intermeddle, push in |
| Antonyms: | leave, withdraw, leave alone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | invade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack and encroach |
| Synonyms: | access, assail, assault, breach, crash, entrench, foray, infect, infest, infringe, inroad, interfere, loot, maraud, meddle, occupy, overrun, penetrate, permeate, pervade, pillage, plunder, raid, ravage, storm, trespass, violate, burglarize, burst in, descend upon, fall on, go in, make inroads, muscle in, overspread, overswarm, swarm over |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield, leave alone |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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