* : the act of violating : the state of being violated: as
* : the act of violating : the state of being violated: as
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:d : rape , ravishment
:d : rape , ravishment
==Description==
==Description==
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A violation in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infraction legal terms] is but a minor offense, sometimes called a summary offense aka a petty [[crime]], but [[traditionally]] in [[religious]] [[contexts]] it is referred to as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desecration desecration] or the act of depriving something of its [[sacred]] [[character]], or the disrespectful or contemptuous treatment of that which is held to be [[sacred]] or [[holy]] by a [[group]] or [[individual]]. In contemporary usage, it is sometimes a term indicative of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape rape], an [[violent]] assault involving [[sexual intercourse]].
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A violation in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infraction legal terms] is but a minor offense, sometimes called a summary offense aka a petty [[crime]], but [[traditionally]] in [[religious]] [[contexts]] it is referred to as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desecration desecration] or the act of depriving something of its [[sacred]] [[character]], or the disrespectful or contemptuous treatment of that which is held to be [[sacred]] or [[holy]] by a [[group]] or [[individual]]. In contemporary usage, it is sometimes a term indicative of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape rape], an [[violent]] assault involving [[sexual intercourse]].